Notes
Another Ultra Loony completed, this one was the most interesting of them all. 3 weeks of not quite normal training after 6 weeks of not being able to run. I ran a conservative (slow pace) and was able to maintain it most of the way. I am pretty sure it allowed me to win the Brooks shoes as mile 21-22 was my fastest mile of the first 22 and should have been easily faster than my avg pace. The hip did better than I thought and although we had 10 miles of rain, it was mostly light. The temp was good and I am quite happy to have made it through the events.
The day had a few twists - Karyn woke up with the flu, Katie, Andrew and Maddie had planned to come out so they were my support. I saw them at mile 13, 22 and the finish. Only problem was Andrew had to go to work so Katie was going to get a ride with me, except my car was at 28th street station so we took the light rail from St. Paul to US West to pick up the light rail to where my car was (Green Line to Blue Line - approximately an 1 hr and a half but free for those that were running today). That worked except our timing of arriving at US Bank coincided with the Viking game ending so it was a packed train to our stop (it was the most purple I have ever seen). It all worked out just fine, Maddie was a hit with the Viking fans and they were interested in hearing about the marathon. If only I had a car seat in my car so the last complication was driving home to get Karyn's car and then heading to the MOA to pick up Katie and Maddie.
The good news is it all worked out just fine and I had a great time running all of the events with my family and especially enjoyed Maddie running the 1/2 mile.