So, here are my Official Philadelphia Marathon Photos:
I've actually never bought race photos before, and after this experience, I'm not sure I'd do it again as I'm still not sure it's worth it, but I did it and it's done and I'm actually pretty happy with some of these! Although, it should be mentioned that if you're wearing a green shirt and then stand in front of a green screen, this is what happens:
Right. I have no arms. Just a weird hand holding a cup of water. The truth is that I actually have arms. You can almost see them in the last photo. I actually don't even mind the arms so much as the neck part. It's weird to see something other than my neck/chest where skin should be. Oh well. At least I've got a good smile after running 26.2 miles!
In other Philadelphia Marathon news, they finally updated the split times, so they're fixed.
First half: 2:19:37 (10:39/mile)
Second half: 2:21:51 (10:49/mile)
To put this in perspective, my stand-alone half-marathon in Atlanta was a time of 2:22:32, so I ran both halves of the full marathon faster. The first half was almost three minutes faster! I slowed down by 2:14 from half to half, but I'm still pretty happy with all of those times. I also think that if I wanted to, I could easily get down to 2:15:00 for a stand-alone half.
Except I don't think I'll be working on that just yet. My big news (that I've saved for last) is: I'm running another marathon! And it's in January. On January 8 to be exact. I found a trail run in New Jersey that looked fun. It costs $20 so I'm sure that there is little to no aid for this race, so I just invested in a Camelbak in the hopes that it will be better than the Fuel Belt that I have.
I don't have any hopes and aspirations for this marathon other than wishing that the weather isn't dreadful. I think it'll be a good way to keep me running over the holidays (although weekend commitments from now until the race will make this an interesting challenge). I also know that since this is a trail run, it'll likely be a lot slower than Philadelphia, so again, my main goal is to finish. I think it should be a blast and I'm really looking forward to it.
I went for my first post-Philadelphia run on Saturday with Drew. It was good. Not great. It was colder (and windier) that day than any other day that I've run this fall/winter season and although my legs felt 100% fine, I was having trouble breathing. I sort-of refuse to believe that I could have possibly lost that much cardio fitness in 6 days, I'm going to go with the cold weather. Obviously, I'll need to work on this before January!
Running
4.20 miles
