Vicarious Blogging and Marathon Postcript II
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
My sister Janet giving me a note from my high school cross country coach to open before the race with some very good advice ... 1) You will be excited at the start. Don't go too fast in the first half. 2) Drink early and drink often.
Sara Bork obviously ran this thing before ... because she knew EXACTLY where to plant herself - and knew where to tell my Mom and Dad to wait. Right after Beef's (seriously, we went to drink at that place???) in De Pere, all along the long, long, windy and lonely Fox River Trail that never ends, and again right when the "Let's get this thing over with" mantra really kicks in post-mile 20.
Kelly, Andrew, Stephanie, and Rob cheering me on via text message from Washington DC ... with something like 14 texts coming in over the course of the race from "Mel, you're hot," to "Finish strong." Those were great to read on water breaks.
My cheerer-in-chief decked out in Tommy's winter gear including hat - appropriate as it may have been given the temperature - at mile 22. And mile 23. And mile 24. And mile 25. No one was more pleased to be outside marathon spectating that day.
Running and chatting along part of mile 25 with a woman who was on her way to a PR after she interjected my dismissal of a cheer because ... "Yes, I was doing awesome because SHE was doing awesome."
And here's a picture from the victorious first-time marathon finishers (from L to R): Melanie, Christine, and Lindsey.
Posted by Erin 1:20 PM
Jill
Erin, love you blog.
Angela