Sunday
Oct182009
Pictures from Chicago Marathon
Here are a few pictures my sister sent me. We have some we still need to download from our camera. Click on each thumbnail image to enlarge.
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Before the race - 30 degrees!
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With my sister before the race. She's been up since 3:30!;)
Walking back to the hotel after the race. Ow...ow...ow
Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 5:32 PM | Dena Harris | 6 Comments | Email Article | Share via Digg | Print Article | tagged Chicago Marathon 2009, chicago marathon pictures in Running 
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Hi Dena - Just Finished Detroit. It was my first marathon - Started out a bit to fast and really died in the last 10k - I finished in 3:41... FIRST was a great program
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I was thinking about you all day! That is a FANTASTIC time for a first marathon. You killed it. What did you think of the overall experience? How'd you feel after you stopped running? And of course the most important question - what will be your next race? =)
CONGRATULATIONS! You now join the less than 1% of Americans who can say they've run a marathon...
I will run Bayshore in Traverse City Michigan in May. I do have a half in San Antonio Nov 15.
I loved the experience until Mile 22 - Mile 18 started some weird calf cramping but at mile 22 I wanted to die!
I made the mistake of running with the 3:30 pace group for about 6 miles. I should have started with the 335 group because that's what I trained for. I was a little disheartened when the 3:40 pacer passed me with one mile to go. Overall I am happy - I never thought I could do this - last year I was running 9 min miles for a 10 k!
Hopefully in a few years I can BQ - I'll need a 3:15 for 5 years :/
Any action shots? I mean, what's your support crew for, anyway?
No action shots.=( My crew barely managed to spot me, let alone photograph me. Although we do have about 3 seconds of video of me at mile 26. Blair was getting the camera set up and he let it run for 5 minutes before he gave up b/c he never saw. However, playing it back, in the first 20 seconds, when he's still fiddling with the controls, we spotted me running by...