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   kodi
   Member

   I guess it’s about time I get around to doing this. Not sure exactly why I’m dragging my feet. Basically I had a really nice trip to St. George this weekend. It is the first time in my 13 years of running this I stayed in St. George, so didn’t have the extra early morning drive from Mesquite. That in itself made a difference. Unlike Dana, I can't remember much about each mile. He gave a good overview of what the course and weather was. I can remember a few things, however. Some of this might not make a lot of sense but the people I'm referring to are 'friends' from prior years and are always on our St. George Forum. So just bear with me. It was really nice seeing a few of you at the expo, my apologies to Smooth and Larry for almost running you over. I was paying more attention to where I thought I should be going since they changed things around this year. The ever congenial Mark was there with his lovely MrsFit, geesh and I couldn’t remember her name..sorry Kristi and meeting Marc E face to face for the first time. Good start of a nice weekend! Seeing so many at the fires was wonderful. Seeing the old timers is always great and having a very brief conversation with our new guy, HBR was nice. Okay, the race now starts and a few other things I remember, in no particular order of time. My first encounter with other Fourumites on the road was exactly at the nine mile mark when I decided to take off my overshirt and run in my singlet, also got rid of the gloves. That’s when Rob & Lisa came up on me, all smiles. I wish I could have stayed with them but they were way too strong looking. The ball of my left foot started burning. My thoughts are, great, don’t tell me I’m developing another Morton’s Neuroma. Been there, done that. Well maybe my sock is just bunching up. Changed my stride and it went away. Cramp in my left calf somewhere around mile 18, changed my stride a little and it moved to my right hamstring. Okay what’s going on here? Changed my stride a little and it went away. Good! DonG passed me somewhere around 20 miles almost the same place as last year. I think I was in a fog because I wasn’t even sure it was him. Somewhere right after mile 23 the dynamite BeMo buzzes past me like I was standing still, maybe I was! She is unbelievable. A couple things I accomplished but don’t know it was really smart…I ran Veyo without walking, in fact, the only time I walked from the start to mile 18 was thru the water stations, which was my plan. I actually did better on Veyo then I thought I would..good news for me. My half time was only 5 minutes slower than I planned and just about the same time I ran in Laughlin in March. That’s good.
   After mile 18 I only walked a couple times and no more than a minute but I just couldn’t pick up the pace. I do know at mile 20 I was hungry. My breakfast bagel was gooey and gummy so it went into the trash so all I had was a bowl of oatmeal and ½ banana that Brad was about to throw away. At any rate my finish time was 5:24:57 quite a bit slower than I hoped for. Was I disappointed? Yes. Should I have been? No. Slicks 6Ps holds true. I was not well prepared for this race and it showed in my performance. Will I run another marathon? I don’t know. I feel more beat up after the ones that take longer than the faster ones I used to run. Perhaps if I could get in some good training, I’ll do more.

   Posted 11 months ago #
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   sumo
   Member

   sounds like you were quite the social butterfly there at sgm, mel. glad you got to meet up with all your buddies.

   i think you should be very proud of training and getting to sgm and finishing. the time you finish in is important in some ways and unimportant in some ways. it's another marathon notch in your belt and if you don't feel like doing another one, well that's just fine too. get all your ducks in whatever row you want them in and if another marathon is in your future, it will happen. you are an inspiration to us all!

   Posted 11 months ago #
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   sunshine
   Member

   Oh, I think you did GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

   I've done ONE full marathon.
   Took me OVER 6 hours, and I was sick, sick, sick.
   It really helps to read the experiences of other runners.
   I always ALWAYS learn something.

   thanks for sharing--
   Sunshine

   Posted 11 months ago #
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   racerg
   Member

   Mel is a ROCKSTAR!!!! I am proud of you, great job! I am proud to be your friend!

   Posted 11 months ago #
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   kodi
   Member

   Thanks Gina, are you still on for Long Beach this weekend. I know you must be. Good luck.

   Posted 11 months ago #
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   Rhett
   Member

   Mel, give it a couple weeks and you heart will tell you to do another one. It's who you are and what you do. And it helps the rest of us keep going, knowing your out there running. Congrats on another great race.

   Posted 11 months ago #
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   kbarnett
   Key Master

   Mel's nickname at Ragnar was Macho Man Mel and yes he is! You truly are an inspiration Mel, and we look forward to running with you for a long time!

   Posted 10 months ago #

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