GW Birthday Marathon

So I thought the George Washington Birthday Marathon in Maryland started at 8:30, which is why I arrived at 7:30.  When I rolled in there were signs for the race everywhere, but nary a soul was present.  I was nervous.  Turns out the race started at 10:30, so I had time to kill.

Considering I've been in the field for the past two and a half weeks and have only done about two runs, I wasn't expecting big results.  Much to my surprise, however, I held a sub-7 pace for 20 miles and was securely in third place.  My half time was 1:28...a.k.a. sub-3 hour marathon, a.k.a. Boston qualifier, a.k.a. stud.  Unfortunately, I bonked at mile 20 and walk/shuffled the rest.

No big deal.  This just tells me that if I do any decent training, I can drop an excellent marathon time.  Too bad I still hate doing 26.2.  Just not fun.

Run hard.