The Results Are IN

Dan before leaving the condo this morning. Typical race-day expression.

Urban Activity bloggers killed it on the Flying Pig Half Marathon course this morning!

After a delayed start due to a fire on Eastern Avenue, the Half and Full Marathon events took off to the strains of "Eye of the Tiger" - groan.

However, the Pig redeemed itself with a fireworks show erupting over the Roebling Suspension Bridge as the sun rose in the East - nice touch.

Crowd support along the course was outstanding this year, maybe better than it's ever been. Seventh Street felt like a throwback to the "old course" of 2001 & 2002; we ran from one end of the city to the other, with cheering spectators lining both sides of the street. Needless to say, the uphills were challenging, thus guaranteeing that I would NOT run a PR on the course. But the Gilbert downhill let me make up some time without shredding my quads. I finished in 1:48:26 - about 2 minutes off of my PR, so I was pretty pleased considering the course. Immediately after finishing, I ran around to the final stretch and caught Bob cruising down the last half mile. Bob registered on a whim last Friday at the expo, so hopefully he'll post his two cents about the whole experience.

Click here for my results from this morning's half marathon.

Click here for Bob's results from the half marathon.

After spotting Bob, I grabbed my gear, ran home to get the cameras (yes, PLURAL) and stiffly jogged to meet my parents by Adams Landing. We cheered for the marathon finishers tackling the final hill around mile 25, and caught Dan running by. Dan had a great race and finished in 3:40:22. He's within a minute or two of his PR, so it's possible that, had the full marathon course not been detoured by the fire on Eastern, he may have run his best marathon yet. Regardless, he felt great the entire race, so that's an accomplishment in itself.

It was nice reveling in the post-race endorphins for a while, but now Dan is half-comatose on the couch watching Full Metal Jacket. Nice uplifting choice. Can't he just watch something light like the Reds game or Malibu's Most Wanted? Sometimes I do not understand him.

Future post: a list of post-marathon movies to watch (and NOT to watch). Seriously, I can't watch this movie anymore; it's going to give me bad dreams.

Another Future Post: for posterity, a record of my panicked pre-marathon dreams. It never fails that I have crazy, panic-inducing dreams the night before a race and I always remember them.

More later.