run time 64:55

Warm & humid, but the company was good and the sun was shining. I've been a bit AWOL from posting of late. Had an 8 miler Tuesday with a kettle bell workout, some speed work with our class Weds, Elliptical Trainer (ET) Thursday & Saturday, good 6 miler Friday. Anxious to be back in the woods. Life is good.

I spy:

Austin 2:58:11
Tim T 3:02:24
Spotter 3:08:21
Ryan K 3:21:32
Paula L 3:42: 21
Suzanne 3:52:53
Ms. D 5:06:54

Lots of great performances above & I'll look forward to hearing more details.

Beautiful and enjoyable day at sugarloaf. Great performances by Miss D, Suzanne, Timmy, Josh, Dennis, Stan, Ozzie, Louie (who had a lucrative weekend), Mark, the Bell's, Judy, RK, Bob Bachorik, Spotter, Kirstin, Joel and bob, and everyone else who I am forgetting. Job well done everyone.

Echoing Michele's post--a beautiful day and some great performances. I know (and you know I know) that a few minutes off a goal time can be disappointing at first, but you marathoners rocked up there and can take a lot of pride in your effort. And it was fun to cheer you home!

As for me, that is indeed one fast 15k course, especially with a nice tailwind. I ran the first 10k well, but what pleased me most was to maintain the pace over the more difficult final 5k and pass a couple of the runners ahead of me in the last 1.2 miles. That made the Moose Mug award that much sweeter :-) After this result, I'm somewhat more confident for VCM, though I'll still need to ask the weather gods for good fortune and a cool day.

Everyone did a great job today and I was glad I could be there to watch. You should all be proud of what you have accomplished. Hopefully in a year or two I'll be running right along side you all.

or maybe I should say "in a year or two I WILL BE running right along side you all"

My 5th marathon is in the books.

I am not physically or mentally able to write a race report yet. On the mental side of things, I am still feeling very disappointed with my performance today. On the physical side, I am going on 10 hours of pretty severe post race stomach issues. It started about 10 minutes after I finished, and has not let up. I have never had anything like this last so long after a race. I'm miserable. :(

52nd place overall - 3:21:32. First 8 went really well and may have gotten overheated from wearing an outer layer. Many thanks to Roger Marquis who helped me in the final 5 miles or so. Really proud of Scott for qualifying for Boston. My recovery has been much like how Suzanne's. I just couldn't get up after I got home yesterday afternoon. Taking an extra day to recover. My legs are very crampy as well. Nice to see everyone this weekend! :0)

I felt real good in the morning and had a very good previous week with my legs so I had a good bit of confidence to start.

My mile splits seemed like they were all over the place in the first 10 miles even though I thought I was keeping a pretty steady pace. Nonetheless I was pretty encouraged when I hit the 10 mile mark. I came down off the hill and ran the next 7-8 miles a little harder than I wanted but it may have paid off.

The sun bore down on me sooner than I expected and my legs started cramping up around 14-15. I played the mental game and gutted through the last 10K and ended up doing a far better time than I could have hoped - especially mile 26 when I went back down under an 8 minute pace. (In fact mile 25 was the only mile where I went over 8 minutes.)

I crossed the line with my arm in the air. It took 8 marathons - a little over two years - but I finally got a big goal accomplished. BM2011, here I come.

Total Time: 3:08:21 (7:11 pace)
22nd overall, 2nd in age group*
35:39 after 5 (7:08)
1:11:01 after 10 (7:06)
1:45:45 after 15 (7:03)
2:21:01 after 20 (7:03)
47:20 in last 10K (7:37)

Today is a lot of rest, maybe walking in the evening. My legs haven't felt this sore in a long time.

*I didn't realize I had hit that high in the age group until seeing the live results when I got home. Apparently I had a prize waiting for me. Oops..

Finally, it was good to see people there - RK, Suzanne, Diane, Austin, TimT, and anyone else's name I may have forgotten. It's hard for friends and family outside of the running circle to get up there and cheer me on but I can always count on Eden-ite support. :)

Had a fun weekend at Sugarloaf, it was great to see everyone and you all did Eden Athletics proud. Thanks to all who cheered us on-it makes such a difference to know people are cheering for you,no matter what.
Diane, congratulations on your first marathon - you'll be smiling for weeks!!! Congratulations to all-what an awesome group.

Don and Jean