- Updated Monday 10/16 modified to correct my drunken typos! -

Well, it was cold, windy and overcast except for about 6k in the middle where the sun was shining and it warmed up a few degrees. We (my neighbor and I) started off slow, it was crowded and we were over 12 mins after 2 k. We finally caught up with the 2 hour pace bunny and remained there for a while until finally passing him at about 9K. We were going great until about 16k where we hit the coldest, windiest section and slowed back to just below the 2 hour pace. We crossed the line together at 1:54:49 (gun time) with a chip time of 1:53.30. A PR for me! I was hoping for under 1:50 but the weather said no....not today Dave. I really enjoyed the race despite the cold...good crowds, great finish area and then we went out for a great Brunch.

And tooooo much wine followed that...I feel shite today! Stats - 1316th out of 4191
1:54:49.1 gun time - 5:27 1:53:21.6 chip time
939/1983 - Men
163/320 - men 35-39

Looking forward to the full Marathon next Spring/Summer, somewhere. We are going to look for a nice place to travel too. Maybe Paris Dave

Hey, that's still probably a half-hour faster than I will run my own HM in 2 weeks--good work! What kind of temps were you guys running in? It's been quite windy here, too. At least the sun shone today, though...cool and breezy. k

zoomy, it was mid-forties. Not too bad...The cold didn't bother me as much as the windy parts though.

Not postpartum for me. I took monday and tuesday off and rand weds and fri....felt great! Bring on the next race. (Saturaday - 8 k trail race that I am taking lightly - no chastising wingz!) Dave

Late response ..but I hear in the Paris Marathon they give champagne at the Eiffel Tower water stop!!!

Well as far as PR's go it was a given...Only the 2nd time I ran that distance! Nonetheless I was satisified with the results. I am also happy i followed it up this week with a PR for 5m / 8k - 30:27 - on trail race to boot! coolll huh