6 hours 14 minutes and 15 sec
November 2nd, 2009 — 11:02pm
I did it ! I ran / jogged/ walked the ING NYC Marathon 2009 !
It was an amazing experience that I will never ever forget. I know that my time is far from stellar, but the goal was to do it, enjoy it and finish it.
Some background info:
- I entered the marathon 6 weeks ago on September 15th 2009. So it was last minute .
- I am no runner, far from it, this race was my first race ever.
- I slept 2 hours before the race because I was nervous that I would oversleep, I had been working on our book proposal [ exciting and a great opportunity ! ] and my iPod decided to call it quits so I had to figure out how to work it … I am a Sony kinda woman … who loves NAPSTER [ yes I do ! Give me Napster any day over iTunes ]
So uhm yeah, I know I am making excuses for my bad time … but I don’t care. I RAN A MARATHON !
It hurt so bad … but I think that I know now how to run the next one [oh yeah... there will be a next one]
My body is so sore today and I can’t walk or even get out of my bed without holding on the tables, closets and walls.
Was it worth it? You bet ya !
Whooohooooo!