Another solid marathon for me this year. I knew that the heat was going to be tough this year. I drank and dumped water on my head at every aid station. I hit the half in 1:31:30ish(wanting to give myself a chance at sub 3) and could tell that I wasn't going to want to try to pick up the pace. Even though there are many runners who didn't have the races they wanted, I am sure there are many that can find just a little happiness in knowing that they beat the Neumannator today.
Saw a lot of struggling runners especially those last miles. I just kept it steady, never really hit a big wall just slowly wore down. After the race I grabbed a bunch of icecream for my kids, watched alittle bit of the race, went to In and out burger, went to my son's soccer game at P.V. High school, went to Costco, drove home, carried all the food down to the storage room, went(walked)to priesthood session of general conference, came home, did house cleaning stuff till 11:30 and then went to bed. All in a days work, Right. I wanted a nap but it wasn't in the cards today.
I am grateful to be able to run. I am sure I will be back again and again.
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