Tue 11/03/09 09:35 PM
Hi guys,
I have just came home from the best weekend of my life. Running the NYC marathon has been a dream come true for me. No other day in my life has made me feel the way that I did on Sunday.
I ran with a team of 22 runners for the Ronald McDonald House for charity. from the beginning, we were given a special opportunity to be driven by they NYPD to the start line, it was awesome!!
As we waited to start a million things ran through my head, "will i be able to do this, how bad is my foot going to hurt, etc" after the second mile all of those thoughts were gone and replaced with, "oh my gosh i am actually doing this!!"
The crowds were unbelievable. On every corner there were seas of supporters, screaming our names, giving us high fives and making us feel like a million dollars. I would have never wanted to wear an ipod for this, I wanted to soak in every second.
The Verrazano bridge at the start was a steep climb but it seemed as if I was floating up it. Before I knew it, we had gotten to mile 10, 13, and then... the Queensboro Bridge. Whoa, that was a tough spot, I believe it was mile 15 or 16 and it seemed to last forever. I saw a lot of people walking, collapsing and peeing off the bridge
In my training, I went to 20 miles so as I got closer to twenty, my heart was racing with excitement. Something kicked in me at mile 21 and I told my cousin that I was running with that I just had to go for it. He encouraged me and told me to go ahead so I felt like I was able to finish strong. I ran those last 5 miles quicker than all the rest and the feeling that I had inside of me in Central Park at mile 25 was very emotional and life-changing.
Anyway, thank you for reading my book, I could talk about it all day long but here are a few pictures that we took along the way. My husband and friends met us at three stops along the way, 8, 14 and mile 20 in the Bronx, it was just what I needed.
So, when I first started training my goal was to finish in 5 hours but then about a month ago my foot pain became worse so my goal switched to "just finishing!" Well, I am so happy to report that my official finish time was 4:34. Here are some of my favorite pics
Running with the Empire State Building in view = pretty darn spectacular!
One of the happiest days of my life
All done and wrapped up with my cousin and best friend
I have just came home from the best weekend of my life. Running the NYC marathon has been a dream come true for me. No other day in my life has made me feel the way that I did on Sunday.
I ran with a team of 22 runners for the Ronald McDonald House for charity. from the beginning, we were given a special opportunity to be driven by they NYPD to the start line, it was awesome!!
As we waited to start a million things ran through my head, "will i be able to do this, how bad is my foot going to hurt, etc" after the second mile all of those thoughts were gone and replaced with, "oh my gosh i am actually doing this!!"
The crowds were unbelievable. On every corner there were seas of supporters, screaming our names, giving us high fives and making us feel like a million dollars. I would have never wanted to wear an ipod for this, I wanted to soak in every second.
The Verrazano bridge at the start was a steep climb but it seemed as if I was floating up it. Before I knew it, we had gotten to mile 10, 13, and then... the Queensboro Bridge. Whoa, that was a tough spot, I believe it was mile 15 or 16 and it seemed to last forever. I saw a lot of people walking, collapsing and peeing off the bridge
In my training, I went to 20 miles so as I got closer to twenty, my heart was racing with excitement. Something kicked in me at mile 21 and I told my cousin that I was running with that I just had to go for it. He encouraged me and told me to go ahead so I felt like I was able to finish strong. I ran those last 5 miles quicker than all the rest and the feeling that I had inside of me in Central Park at mile 25 was very emotional and life-changing.
Anyway, thank you for reading my book, I could talk about it all day long but here are a few pictures that we took along the way. My husband and friends met us at three stops along the way, 8, 14 and mile 20 in the Bronx, it was just what I needed.
So, when I first started training my goal was to finish in 5 hours but then about a month ago my foot pain became worse so my goal switched to "just finishing!" Well, I am so happy to report that my official finish time was 4:34. Here are some of my favorite pics
Running with the Empire State Building in view = pretty darn spectacular!
One of the happiest days of my life
All done and wrapped up with my cousin and best friend
Edited by willywonka on Tue 11/03/09 09:41 PM
I am training for my first marathon in February so your post was inspiring, thanks. Glad to hear you had a what sounds like a very good race. Plus you look great in all your pictures. Like you are out for a short run, not running a marathon. I am training with a galloway group and we have a 24 mile run on Saturday morning. I have run this distance once before so I am looking forward to the coming weeks as our runs start getting longer. Awesome job on your race. That is a great time as well. I would be very happy with a time approaching that.
Channing
