Ecstatic with how today turned out! Four weeks ago, a friend offered to transfer his bib, and I decided to take it. My foot was still a mess but I was so over the stress I was putting on myself to find another marathon to do this year. I’ve spent way too much time running thru the pain, crying to friends, doing my physical therapy and way too much money on relief. I went in today not sure what I was going to do. I ran two conservative miles before I decided I needed to go fast for as long as I could. I had a good 15 miles and then I dropped my gel. twice! I spent the next five miles tracking down the 3:10 pace group and the last five miles wondering why the hell I signed up to do a marathon totally undertrained. The end result was a 3:11:01 to bring home my 14th marathon medal and my 12th BQ. Now, for a month of self-imposed time off (with the exception of two 5ks). #bemonumental
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