The prerace dinner was Thai food at a spot near our hotel. The highlight of dinner was Baker considering running the race with no training under his belt. Correction, he had a couple of 4 mile runs in the last month. This guy has so much heart that he probably could have finished.
The morning of the race was perfect; about 60 degrees and overcast. We started downtown and ran through Petco Park, the Gaslamp Quarter, and the San Diego Harbor. Following the downtown section, the course traveled up Highway 163, and then through the bayside communities, Sea World and ended up at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Point Loma.
My main problem was that I waited to long to light the torch, it wasn't until mile 15 that I really tried to step it up; by that time I was already fatigued. Everything else went pretty well until mile 23 that was when I started really feeling the pain. I continued to push with the goal in mind to finish under the 5 hour mark. I ended up finishing strong and was very satisfied with my first marathon.
Laura 4:36:44
Ben 4:51:19
Anthony 4:57:42
Quinn 5:10:50
Megan 5:10:51
It felt so good to be done with this race; we now get to rest for the afternoon and then off to Bend, Oregon for a week of vacation.
2 comments:
Ben you and Laura were awesome. I am glad I didn't run it. Two days later I ran 2.5 miles and was dying. Congrats again on finishing a marathon. Only a select group of people have accomplished it!!
Ben and Laura it is great to stay in touch by reading your blog. I spoke with Ben today and he let me know how the race went but this is great to read about.
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