My Marathons
I love running. It is hard not to when you live in Chicago and you have about 20 miles of beautiful lakefront trails. So far, I have run the following marathons:
No. |
Marathon |
Time |
|---|---|---|
1
|
Chicago '02 |
3:26:27 |
2
|
Chicago '03 |
3:20:21 |
3
|
Chicago '04 |
3:13:11 |
4
|
Grandma's '05 |
3:04:43 (lovely course along lake superior) |
5
|
Boston '06 |
3:34:00 (choked at mile 17 and walked most of the remaining miles) |
6
|
Chicago '06 |
2:53:06 (My first sub 3 and still my PR) |
7
|
Boston '07 |
3:04:12 |
8
|
NYC '07 |
2:58:30 (first NYC and broke 3!) |
9
|
Boston '08 |
3:09:40 |
| 10 | Chicago '08 | 3:06:31 (hot again!) |
| 11 | Boston '09 | 2:57:28 (finally, a sub 3 Boston!) |
| 12 | Chicago '09 | 2:58:03 (pulled my hamstring at mile 16..but sub 3!) |
| 13 | Big Sur '10 | 3:17:03 (humbling course and too beautiful to get a great time: running along HWY 1 and constantly distracted by a view of the Pacific ocean to the left. There was a dude in a black tuxedo playing the piano at the halfway point!) |
| 14 | NYC '10 | 3:13:37 (disappointed not to break 3 on my birthday) |
| 15 | Nashville '11 | 3:12:22 (Where were the musical bands after mile 13 when you needed them the most?...) |
| 16 | San Franscisco '11 | 3:02:32 (loved those hills...ouch!) |
| 17 | Chicago '11 | 2:59:38 (Yea...finally another sub 3 marathon after 2 years despite the hot weather!) |
| 18 | LA '12 | March 18, 2012...... |
