We headed to Savannah on Friday night to pick up my race packet. I was so nervous just going to the expo. Our friends were both running the half and Quinn was on baby duty.
Race day was crazy. I tried eating something before, but couldn't force it down my throat so I gave up and hoped that carb loading the night before was enough. The race started at 8am, but I was in such a far back heat that I didn't start until about a half hour later. It was painful just standing there knowing that every 2 minutes a heat was heading out and I still had to wait.
I was feeling ok through mile 12 and then we split off from the half marathoners and I was having a rough time. They kept yelling to the half marathon group "You're almost done...A little over a mile to go". It was depressing to split off and see the 13 mile mark and know I was only half way done.
Quinn met up with me around mile 7 and then at 21. It was nice seeing someone I knew and having them help push me a little. There were a bunch of people with signs. Some were funny and there were a lot of repeats, but I thought "Way to go complete stranger" was a pretty good one.
I have problems with my knee and back so I knew I was going to have trouble. I was aiming to finish in 5 hours, but I came up a little short at 5 hours 13 minutes. Oh well.
I'm still trying to recover. Who knew it would be so painful to jog 26 miles...Ugh.
Anyway, here are a few pictures:
