I made it! My first attempt at full marathons on back to back weekends, and I survived. I was a bit disappointed at my slowness. I still took 6 hours but had expected to do a lot better on this one since it was certainly easier than the Yukon River Trail Marathon last week. But I felt that maybe I had not fully recovered from that one. It was a really nice course, a figure 8 pattern through the town. The half marathoners ran the figure 8 loop once and the full marathoners ran it twice. There were only 15 people running the full marathon and of course I came in last. Most of them were decades younger than me, but there were a couple of older ones too. It was fun and the volunteers were just wonderful. It got pretty warm by the time I was into the 4th loop up the highway and around the lake. I think we were very fortunate that in the early morning it was quite cool and even raining a little. I was dreading the heat that I experienced the rest of my days there. But it cooled off for the race. My favorite part was the bike trail along Frame Lake. It is such a lovely little route and we got to run it 4 times!
My goal was to finish both marathons. I had no great expectations and I am very happy that I made it through both of them in a reasonable time. I got my picture taken with my cell phone at the finish line. I was as happy as I look in this picture!
Awesome finisher's medal too!
Now I am on my way home driving back to Alaska, hoping to still have enough energy to run the Anchorage Big Wild Life Marathon next Sunday.
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