Surrounded by flashes and personal questions, I had a press conference with my fan club of 6. I consumed my last Power Gel before the gun and quickly joined 33,033 other runners.
Pace. Pace. Pace. I ran with the 9 minute mile pace I trained with and despite temperatures rising into the 80s, the race did not suffer the same heat-related problems it did a year ago.
After turning onto Columbus Dr. for the final stretch and seeing the FINISH banner, my watch read 3:56:01. My goal of under-4 was very attainable! With legs drained and toes numb (literally), I hit the wall at 25 miles, but my brain was determined to finish.
45,000 registered - 33,033 started - 31,401 finished and I was officially 6061 overall with a finish time of 3:58:21!
Very few things in life beat ice bags on sore legs and a cool mist sprayed through huge fans from fire trucks.
A finishers medal for a marathon now hangs on my medal tree (more on that later). All these things only point forward to the imperishable reward that will be given to those who will love His appearing on the last day!
Thanks for your prayers! They were answered. Now I'm just searching for my next victim.... another 26.2 mile route.
3 comments:
Wow, congratulations Christian! Looks like you had fun.
CONGRATS AGAIN !!!! I look forward to the next one. It was fun for the whole family and I'm still proud of you Christian!!
You did it and within the time you wanted. Your hard work paid off. Congratulations!
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