Having said that, it\u2019s a fast course\u2026 and one that I found myself pulling a PR and Boston Qualifying time for Boston 2018. So that\u2019s not nothing. And the organization was quite nice, albeit a few qualms I\u2019ll mention at a later date wherein any mistake I made or anything I misunderstood seemed to be met with the comment, \u201cRookie mistake!\u201d I may be a rookie when it comes to St George but I think I\u2019ve earned the right to say I\u2019m not exactly a rookie when it comes to marathons.<\/p>\n
Having said THAT, I posted this to facebook the other day but I was feeling incredibly off my game when I arrived \u201cin country\u201d for the event. Here\u2019s what I wrote on September 29, 2016:<\/p>\n
This is ridiculous. I can’t actually recall HOW to run a marathon. You know that feeling when you’ve taken a skill set for granted and then it’s just gone from your head? Maybe it’s a password you know by heart but suddenly can’t remember when a challenge query pops up on the computer. Or when you’re asked to solve a differential equation as an astrophysicist (actually… I don’t know what that’s like and can barely type the word astrophysicist). But I’ve got a race on Saturday and I’m kinda blanking on the mechanics, the mental and emotional systems necessary to do it. Man, I hope that goes away. Is this a panic attack or just one of those, “Wait! What’s happening now?” moments. Weird. Weird, weird, weird.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Post run, I can\u2019t tell if it\u2019s the massive amounts of venom from the incalculable number of bed bug bites I seem to have recently suffered, or that I had pushed too hard, or maybe that the years have finally caught up to me. But whatever the reason, I\u2019m really struggling with the recovery from the event. My stomach is all wonky, I\u2019m feeling really light headed and woozy and nauseous and just generally\u2026 well\u2026 I supposed the word would be verklempt. Could be the bloated, chunkiness of pushing 40 for sure. I hope not\u2026 I\u2019ve got a 10K and 5K back-to-back at Dodgers\u2019 Stadium tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n
But in the meantime, here\u2019s the official results breakdown from today’s 26.2 as an iPhone screengrab:<\/p>\n
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