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Nothing at all is wrong with you! You did a very cool thing... something you've built up in your head for a long time... and then you got there. Sometimes the goal itself can be anti-climactic . This can be reinforced by the fact that you probably didn't get a huge trophy nor fireworks nor broken tape at the end of your great run. People finished in front of you, others behind you. You put in the training and you had a great day... mostly because you put in the training. And you pushed for slightly over 3 1/2 hours and then that was that. Poof. Very common to say "is that it? what's next?" Tons can be next. Sign up for another race. Doesn't have to be a marathon. Or it can be. Maybe you'll want to go faster next time. Maybe you'd like to see if you can match that time. Maybe you want to run a better race (assuming you had something to improve over this one - I dunno). Maybe you just want to experience another race locale. Remind yourself of all those times in the past when sub 3:40 (I'm assuming 3:40 was your BQ time, but I could be wrong) seemed so unlikely. And you kicked its ass. Because you put in the training it may seem more, well, ordinary. But it ain't! You did great.
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Oh, and BUGS!!!!! So good to see you!!! I wish I could join you for Fargo again in May but I doubt DH will come off the wallet to ship me to Boston AND Fargo. Can't say I blame him. I thought qualifying for Boston would be the painful part... turns out paying for for the trip is going to hurt way worse! I'll drop you an e-mail this weekend to catch up. I want to hear how you're doing!