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Time was worst I did, if I am going to run a full marathon next year, I really got to lose weight.<\/p>\n
So here is a recap,<\/p>\n
I went to bed at 9PM and even though it was earlier then last year, I think I should really shoot for 8PM cause when I got up at 3:30 it was a struggle.<\/p>\n
I did my usual pre marathon routine of a shower, coffee etc.<\/p>\n
I got up and got ready, my weigh in before I left was 288.6lbs<\/p>\n
At this point I was still up in the air if I was going to take my No Xplode or not.<\/p>\n
I went to the airport and decided to take the light rail in. \u00a0I left the house at about 5AM and caught the 5:30AM light rail to downtown.<\/p>\n
I was getting pre race jitters and had to use the bathroom before I jumped on the light rail.<\/p>\n
I got downtown at about 6:15 and started my walk from Westlake Mall to Seattle Center where the startpoint was.<\/p>\n
I am 50\/50 about this, the monoroail would have saved my legs a bit but the walk was a good warmup.<\/p>\n
When I got to Seattle center I decided to take my No Xplode, but I knew I had to use the bathroom so I did, line was long but there were some Port O Potties that were I little bit off that weren’t busy and was worth the walk.<\/p>\n
After the bathroom I checked my bag in, I should do a better job at organizing my stuff. \u00a0I noticed a bit of discomfort when I ran because my pouch was rubbing against my stomach and caused a rash, I did not notice it because as the race wore on my adrenaline masked the pain.<\/p>\n
I tried to look for others I knew before the race started but it was past 7 and the corrals were starting to move. \u00a0I did make it to my corral but it was too difficult to find my friends.<\/p>\n
The race went well, I was doing a 13 min pace up until a little past mile 7, when I had to use the bathroom. \u00a0I was doomed after that, I took my 5 hour energy drink but I could not recover my pace. \u00a0But a nice old lady said I had a nice form.<\/p>\n
At mile 10 I had some mild cramping but at mile 13 with .1 miles left but uphill the cramping was bad, I struggled to get to the finish line cause I was totally cramping up.<\/p>\n
After the race I saw a family member who ran Mimi. \u00a0She did well for herself and we took a pic together.<\/p>\n
After resting a bit I decided to just go home instead of staying and resting.<\/p>\n
It was a struggle to find my way around but I did get to the bag check area and checked out my bag. \u00a0Thankfully the monorail was right there. \u00a0I spend the $2.25 (worth every penny) and took the monorail back to Westlake mall this time.<\/p>\n
The light rail pulled in and I rushed to it with what little strength I had left. \u00a0I then slept for the first part of the ride.<\/p>\n
I got to admit, from the light rail station to my car it seemed like another marathon. \u00a0 I easily racked up at least another mile in non marathon walking.<\/p>\n
I got to my car and headed home where it was about 12:30. \u00a0I realized if this was a full marathon, I would still be running, and already I was beat.<\/p>\n
I was determined to have my burger though, I ordered from 5 guys online and drove there and had my kids grab my meal for me. \u00a0No guilt, it was well earned.<\/p>\n
I then took a nap of about an hour.<\/p>\n
Right now, 10 hours later I am still in pain, but much much better, but I think tomorrow is the real pain. \u00a0My forego church, I will see.<\/p>\n
It is a revelation that I need to be on two orders of magnitude better in order to finish the full marathon. \u00a0I can’t just tweak my training and add more. \u00a0The other thing that characterized this race was my head was absolutely not in it, sure I had prerace jitters, but I meant this whole season, the desire wasn’t there.<\/p>\n
That is the major change that has to happen, if I don’t get my heart truly in it, I will find myself downgrading to the half next year.<\/p>\n
Final weight: 284.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I think this was the toughest run I did since I moved up here. I was both out of shape and overweight, but I did finish and I wasn’t last in my division. Time was worst I did, if … Continue reading