Love this! You have been rocking your training lately, so glad you were able to have such a good race. It sounds like a really strong finish to me, and you didn't fall off pace by much.
Congrats and good luck with wherever your training brings you next!
Smaller By The Day
Awesome results, hardware and FE's. HELL YEAH!
Improvements
Weight 100 pounds lost
5K 31:02 Sept. 2012 / 23:36 Sept. 2013 (Same Course)
10K 48:59 April 2013
HM 2:03:56 Nov. 2012 / 1:46:50 March 2013
MARATHON 3:57:33 Nov. 2013
I wandered over here to see if you had a race report, and you did, so yay. Nice report and great job on getting the sub-4! The weather sounded perfect, too.
Also very disappointed MI_Tim doesn't look like his avatar.
KillJoyFuckStick
Sounds like you executed the race to just about perfection. Nicely done.
You people have issues
If you finish a marathon feeling strong, you are doing it way, way, wrong.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
What a race, Dave!! I had a sneaking suspicion that you were going to run your next marathon without giving the rest of us advance notice, but I thought it would be something in May so I was caught off-guard like everyone else. You have been so dedicated in recent months, and you've really been knocking out the miles. I am thrilled for you that everything came together on race day for you! Pinktabulous job, Dave! Recover well, and good luck with whatever you do next!
And, I love, love, love the FE pics! Thanks for sharing!
But The Smile That I Sent Out Returned With You.
Barking Mad To Run
Dang, Dave, you not only bested your old PR, you out-and-out stomped all over the darn thing! Congratulations!
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
Dave, congrats on the PR!
Thanks OOTB, Zel, Scotty, Hog, Awood, Socks, LtH, Hugsy
Pink - I had no idea you'd been keeping up, nice lurking.
Shu - Tim cleans up pretty good.
Dave
Mmmmm...beer
Congrats on the huge PR, way to go!
-Dave
My running blog
Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!
Doing some catching up and wanted to say a belated Congrats on a great race and huge PR.And to follow up with a family vacation, sweet!
I usually do my marathons in stealth mode as well. For me its out of fear of pressure, failure and
public humiliation
I usually do my marathons in stealth mode as well. For me its out of fear of pressure, failure and public humiliation
Right, that way no one knows you did not meet your goal because you never said it in the first place. lol
Xactly!
SheCan
Congratulations on such a great race time. I actually do think you have a BQ in you in you ever decide to go for it. You're such a strong runner and racer. Thank you for including the FE pics also, nice! ( I'm kinda glad to find out that MI_tim looks a little different than his profile pic. Of course, LRB, always looks like a cutie pie.) Anyway, you did a great job, and survived that mob of people at the race.
Cherie
"We do not become the people who this world needs simply by turning our backs on anyone we don’t like, trust, or deem healthy enough to be in our presence. " ---- Shasta Nelson