Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Hey everyone, its Jenn! Thanks for the well wishes and kudos. I am really excited about how my race went on Sunday. I haven't been able to walk the last two days but it was worth it. I went into Sunday which was my 5th marathon not really sure how I was going to do. I had set a goal to qualify for Boston but my fastest marathon up until then had been 4 hours and I needed to make 3:40 or faster to be eligible for the Boston marathon. I had planned to run with the 3:40 pace group but due to a long bathroom line at the startline, I ended up starting 4 minutes behind the start of the race. I had a friend running with me who did an excellent job keeping us on pace with her garmin watch. She also wanted to qualify for Boston. I felt great up until about mile 18 or so and then my legs started to get more sore with every step but by that time I was on track to reach my goal so I just put my head down and kept telling myself to just keep running. The race went by extremely fast up until the last 4 miles where every step was painful. But as I said before by that time it was worth it to push through the pain knowing that if I could just keep it up for those last 4 miles I would reach my goal and I did. It feels really great to know that all my hard work and pain has paid off and so now all I need is some company in Boston! Hope to see you all soon!

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