Well, friends, the good news is that I finished the San Diego Marathon. The bad news is that it was by far my toughest and most painful marathon. I'm posting a few pictures below, but don't be fooled by my big smiles, I was in a lot of pain by the end of the race. As usual, I told myself I would never, ever do this again. But of course I'm already signed up for the Philly Marathon in November, which I'm hoping will be my Boston Qualifier. But then that's it, no more marathons (unless I qualify, so of course I'll have to run Boston, but then no more!).
This was taken before the race, after my lovely 3:50AM wake-up call.
Pretending I was confident and strong (when I was in fact, recovering from an injury and scared to death). This was the last time I could bend my legs for about a week.
Here's my awesome team!!!
Aaaaand here's after the race, checking out my medal after lots of blood, sweat, and tears (and cheers, and hugs, and blisters, and pain, lots and lots of pain, and a lovely sunburn)
Go TEAM! Together we raised over $2M for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!
The day after the race, I could barely walk, but still stopped by my chiropractor's office to say a big thank you (he helped improve the IT Band Friction Syndrome I have on my left knee, although unfortunately it came back to haunt me at mile 20). Here I am with Dr. Jacobs, looking sunburned and ridiculously little next to him.
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