The Marine Corps Marathon beat me in 2006 so I wanted revenge when I went back to try again this year. I'll call the result a draw! I ran the first two miles 30 seconds per mile slower than my goal pace and made it through the first 8 miles of hills without doing too much damage to my legs.

A huge thanks to the Annex for hosting the post-race tent at the Mini! As always, a great place to replenish and swap TALL TALES about our race experiences! Special thanks to Mary Shields for putting together all the refreshments!...and, Doug Ashton for running the gatorade stand while cheering at mile 11!

Here's to a successful Boston qualifying attempt!

I hope you're feeling better by Saturday!

The new blog site looks good! I'm just kicking the tires.