Remember how I ran the Flying Pig Marathon? Here are my pre-race and post-race posts… from over a month ago. Oops! I could lie and say I just now downloaded my mile splits and photos, but yeah, that’s not true at all. It’s been a busy, surprising month, and while I’m working on making a blog comeback (for real! I pinky-swear-promise!), I want to go back in time for a sec to recap one of the most memorable, grueling, awesome sauce races of my life.
En route to Cincinnati – love flying & love the window seat!
At the Expo with mom!
Dad was also with us, being awesome 
Perfect fortune to get with my Chinese food the night before the race!
Race morning – ready to run!
I was too preoccupied by pre-race nerves to remember to take any Start Line photos before handing over the camera to my support crew, so the next photos I have are 10 miles into the marathon!
- Mile 1 – 8:51
- Mile 2 – 8:51
- Mile 3 – 8:42
- Mile 4 – 8:36
- Mile 5 – 8:43
- Mile 6 – 8:38
- Mile 7 – 9:27 (uphill)
- Mile 8 – 9:07 (uphill)
- Mile 9 – 8:42 (uphill)
- Mile 10 – 8:30
Ice cold water (with Nuun) hand-off at Mile 10
Sooo happy to see my support crew!
- Mile 11 – 8:24
- Mile 12 – 8:34
- Mile 13 – 8:50
- Mile 14 – 8:40
- Mile 15 – 9:00
- Mile 16 – 9:05
- Mile 17 – 8:56
Dad jumped in to run with me just before Mile 14
*I just noticed you can see the 4-hour pace group (with the pink & white balloons) chasing us down, so this must’ve been around Mile 18, where we saw Mom & Brother.
Still feeling good – or at least I had enough energy to fake feeling good!
- Mile 18 – 9:07
- Mile 19 – 9:02
- Mile 20 – 9:06
- Mile 21 – 9:19
- Mile 22 – 9:01
- Mile 23 – 9:33
- Mile 24 – 9:29
- Mile 25 – 10:02 (darn!)
Only a couple miles to go – I wanted to double over like the dude in red
Dad was an amazing coach – never let me give up on Marathon #15!
With less than a mile to go, Dad veered off and I ran towards the finish line with nothing left in my tank but stubborn determination to finish in under four hours.
- Mile 26 – 9:25
- Last 0.54 – 4:35 (8:37/mile pace)
FINALLY ran down a new marathon PR with my coach dad!
Endurance & persistence will be rewarded!
Garmin Finish: 26.54 miles, 3:58:32 (8:59/mile)
Official Finish: 26.2 miles, 3:58:34 (9:06/mile)
And one more, so Sully doesn’t feel left out
