Done!

Man, I suck at this. It's been almost 2 weeks since the marathon. The final 20 miler 3 weeks prior to that went well and I was excited for the marathon.

About a week before the marathon I came down with a really bad cough and was a sick mess the week leading up to the marathon. The day before the marathon I stepped on a nail and it went through my shoe and into my food. The day of the marathon my alarm didn't go off and I woke up 45 minutes before the race. I made it on time and had good splits (1:58 1/2 high point of race) through about 20 miles. At 20 I hit a wall and slowed off pace by about 3 minutes/mile. I trotted into the finish at 4:13. I'm happy I finished, not excited about my time, but I was hacking up green mucus throughout the run, so given the circumstances I think I did well. I believe that I developed a stress fracture on my left food sometime around mile 23, the pain really messed up my gait until I found a way to run where I wasn't landing on my foot in a painful way. Almost two weeks later I feel like I can run again, and I'm excited about that. The muscles were ok 2-3 days later, but my foot/feet hurt for almost a week, and the one I think I messed up continued, it's still a little sore but I could run now if I had to. My cough is finally going away almost completely, but it has sure been a pain in the ass.

Future plans for the summer include a lot of not training for stuff. Climbing mountains, mountain biking, trail runs, and possibly another marathon in October with my friend Matt. We will see! Weight the day after race day was 191. I've been really good about eating the last two weeks and while I haven't been too active, I haven't gained any weight. Good times.