Run a Third Marathon - #18
Posted by Greg Hudy | Posted in goals , illinois , marathon , run | Posted on 2:54 PM
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This one was a great goal that I have finished, probably the best so far, because of the feelings up to the race, during the race and at the finish.
I had heard from Matt that this race, the Cristie Clinic Illinois Marathon, was a pretty good one, well organized, good swag, decent medal, and plenty of port-o-potties! And to my amazement each one of those things was right.
Here is a picture of the swag I got - pretty cool medal, long sleeve tech tee and a drawstring bag.
My friends Andrew and Steve drove down to Urbana the night before so we wouldn't have to drive 5 hours the morning of the race. That worked out really well because Steve was able to show us a bit of his alma mater, the University of Illinois. We had a pretty good pre-race dinner the night before at Domino's, because we didn't want to wait 1 1/2 hours to be seated at another pizza place there in town.
Here are a few images of me at the finish line, pretty exciting.
Looks like I am barely moving here, I promise I was running.
Like I said, very exciting!
Yes, that is the ubiquitous tongue hanging out.
This must have been why a medic guy asked me if I was okay.
Total time - 4:30:17 - new PR
Congrats on the PR! Glad you enjoyed Illinois... any others on the calendar yet?
No fulls on the calendar yet. I will be doing a half this fall with my mom though. She wants to run in Springfield, MO.