the marathon went pretty well yesterday. my final time was 3:33:50, which is an 8:10/mile pace. at the half, i was on pace to run a pr...and then we turned and started heading south. there was a fairly ridiculous headwind, which was so strong people were actually drafting off of each other. i would like to take a moment to remind the ready that we were RUNNING. if there were cyclists, they probably would not have been cycling much faster than we were running. anywho, i felt like i was dragging pretty much the entire second half of the race, so that wasn't much fun. however, i'm qualified for boston 2010, which is good. my knee didn't bother me at all during the race, and its feeling fine now, which is also good. my legs aren't as sore as they have been in the past after a hard marathon either...yeah!
in dallas i stayed with becca, a friend from the ride this summer, and it was great to be able to catch up. then today i had lunch with todd, another friend from the ride. its funny because i spent such a huge amount of time with all these people last year and over the summer, and have seen very few of them in the months since returning to austin. it leaves me with a feeling sometimes of, did that even happen? was it all a dream? but catching up with them is like seeing a friend i haven't seen in a long time (as opposed to just a few months). its fun.
my roommates and i were planning to ride the trail of lights in zilker park this evening...however its been in the 30s all day and now its starting to rain. so let's suffice it say the plan has gotten nixed. if its below 40 and raining, none of us want to be riding. the tacky christmas sweater party we through on friday was a success...although i've decided its more fun to go to end-of-the-term parties when you don't have to go to bed early to get up to race or drive to a race and you can stay up talking to people.
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