It seems that everyone and their dog has done a marathon nowadays. No big deal, right? I've gotta tell you that in all honesty the first 35 kilometers were not that bad. And once you're that far, what's another 7K?
Damn! Those last 7K were the hardest that I've ever run in my life! Even the caffiene laced protien goo's that oozed grossly out of the foil tubes couldn't give me the boost that I needed to make the last distance bearable. It was purely a brutal test of endurance.
But we all made the full 26 miles and we all survived. Another item to check off of our "life list".
The official race photos aren't available yet so I've only got a few that our freinds took of us at the finish. It was a beautiful, sunny day but it is amazing how quickly you loose body heat after such physical exertion. The blaze orange rain slicks that they handed out with our medals were very helpful.
Here are the official results:
Dan - Bib 2040 3:52:39
Beth - Bib 8016 4:06:11
www.ingamsterdammarathon.nl
For those of you tracking the marital competition, because 20 minutes is the generally accepted difference between men and women in such a race, Beth won.
Congratulations Beth!!!!!!!
1 comment:
Interesting... looking at the graph Dan your last 2Km looks like some of your fastest Km/Hr times at around 11. Maybe you were trying to get some more distance in front of Beth?
Congrats to you both!!!
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