What an accomplishment...

A long road indeed. Today Josh and I completed what we set out to do nearly 2 years ago. Josh blew it away with his result (I'll leave it to him to share the details). I threw down what I consider a very respectable 4:40 and change.

Time
5 km 00:29:51 - felt good, HR monitor pace was off - kept HR under 160
10 km 01:00:34 - saw the kids around here - still felt good, shed all my extra layers
15 km 01:30:58 - The crowds in Prospect Heights were nuts
20 km 02:02:44 - still nailing consistent 30min 5K pace
13.1 mi 02:09:40 - close to my best 1/2 time in Queens in Sept - starting to ache now
25 km 02:36:13 - knees were getting sore but I didn't slow much over the bridges which I was very pleased with
30 km 03:09:44 - ouch - but still 33min 5K
35 km 03:47:31 - pain. started to walk at every water station for a minute or two
40 km 04:25:40 - it's all mental here and walking was as painful as running now so I kept on pushing it. My HR was actually dropping as my knees and feet were holding me back more than the cardio!
26.2 mi 04:41:37 - Super happy to have finished and well under 5 hrs which was my goal!
Overall pace: 10:45

We'll see how the recovery goes. Though I have done the requirements to qualify for 2010 I'm not sure if I'll run. Plan to do some 1/2 marathons next year and hope to do the triathalon if I can get a training plan together. Might let Susan use my number to run next year if she's interested.

Thanks for following along on this crazy trip....