You better run girl
So, as some of you might remember, one of my New Year's Resolutions was to run (and finish) a marathon. You can read about that here . Well, the marathon was this past weekend (on my 30th birthday, no less!) and I can happily say that I finished in 4:59:30. Me, being the slight perfectionist that I am, always has the knee-jerk reaction of saying, "I could have done better. I think I could have run a 4:45, instead of being just under 5:00." While this is a true statement, I was actually running ahead of the 4:45 pacer for most of the race (Until around mile 20, when I really needed to walk some of the hills), it doesn't negate the fact that, HEY! YOU RAN YOUR FIRST MARATHON GIRL! It wasn't a complete surprise to me that that was my first reaction to people asking how my marathon went, so I'm working on just saying (and thinking), "It went fine, thanks for asking!" Here are some things I learned, found interesting, or just plain wanted to share w...