Well, we did it!
Annie and I ran our 1st Full Marathon on November 2, 2013 at the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon. It was a Spectacular Day. Perfect weather, 41 -50 degrees. 13,000 total runners for the event. The course was beautiful. Through downtown, past the Colts stadium out into some awesome neighborhoods.
The homes along Washington Ave were upscale with large yards and huge trees that were in their radiant fall colors. Couldn't have picked better weather. Sky was just right, partly cloudy with beautiful blue peeking through.
We trained 20 weeks for the event and it paid off. After our 2 week taper we were running on fresh legs. Looking back on the race, it never seemed like a struggle. We stuck with our game plan to run an 11 minute pace and walk for 1 minute through each water station.
Could we actually run the 26.2 miles in under 5 hours? As we made the final turn back toward downtown, Annie yelled, "there it is Dad, on 3 miles to go!" Did I have it in me? I didn't talk during those last 3 miles. I just concentrated on each mile getting closer to the goal.
And then, all of a sudden, there it was.... the FINISH LINE. 4 hours and 47 minutes. I am getting goosebumps just thinking about it right now. It was way better than I had been envisioning for the last 20 weeks. Annie and I hugged for a couple of minutes just basking in the joy of accomplishment. A Marathon. We are now "Marathoners".
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