This being my first marathon I had higher expectations than I should of. I thought I would start with the 4:00 pace group. Well, I never even saw them after the start. Around mile 18 I met up with the 4:30 pace group and then they lost me. All hopes of BQing were so gone I just decided to finish and finish upright. So 4:45:14 may have qualified me for Boston if I was 80 years old,but I am 48 so I guess I will just have to try again. If everyone could BQ it wouldn't be such an honor to run Boston. The one thing I am most happy about on finishing a marathon is that it didn't put me off of running forever. I describe a marathon as this: take something you love to do and do it ad nauseum. I was able to walk the next day and went out for a 4 mile run 2 days after the marathon. I will get to Boston one day

Congratulations seeEricaRun, dollysmum, dacook, and jcaruso! Any BQs or other interesting stories?

Thanks Carl! After thinking it was going to be really tight for me, I ended up qualifying twice in two weeks! I couldn't believe it, but I'm very excited, and only a little bit injured (looks like RSI or stress fracture). Congratulations to the other qualifiers as well!