It's Official.. I'm a Marathoner!

I'll blog about the experience later. I'm pretty incredibly tired but thought I would post a few pictures for you all to see. Today I ran the ING Ottawa Marathon. My first and only. This is me at the 9km mark. I'm feeling great and super happy. I am waving to the amazing Team Mito cheering station here.

This is me at the 38km mark. My face is EXACTLY how I felt. No longer smiling, wishing I didn't have another 4.2 kilometers to go, and a little baffled that my legs were still turning over..lol

But I made it!!! This picture is post ice bath at the hotel, shower and super strength Motrin. Yes super strength.

So....been there, done that, got the t-shirt, medal and black toenails to prove it.

If you are curious about my stats here you are:

42.2 kms

Chip time 3:49 26

Gender place 256/1456

Age cat  52/215

Overall  1473/5290

10k split  51:01  avg pace 5:10

21k split  1:49:15 avg pace 5:43  ( I will tell you later what happened) 

30k split 2:40:17 avg pace 5:40

I did NOT qualify for Boston but I'm very happy about my time. Again..I'll tell y'all about it later.