jody

got up ridiculously early (4:52 am) so i could drive out to a road race. completed my 4th marathon this morning on by far the hardest course i've ever run. quite a few people quit part way through and i heard a fair number griping that the race course wasn't described accurately on the race website. and they have a point. the course was described as a downhill point to point course. by which i guess they meant : "well, you'll be going up so many huge hills that you'll eventually have to do some downhill running." at least the course was scenic, but i needed to keep my eyes on the road most of the time because it was so rocky.
anyways, i enjoyed myself even though it was hard. i guess i'm a little proud of myself for sticking it out. people's times were consistantly 20 minutes or so slower than their usual marathon times while my time was about 15 minutes slower than usual.
so for 26.2 miles of silly hills and gravel roads my time was around 4:12:00 (i always forget to stop my watch at the end, so i won't know my exact time until they post the results)
afterwards, a quick massage from a cutie at the massage booth and then ice cream!!!!
i'm thinking about ice cream for dinner tonight, since i don't feel hungry at all. i can always eat ice cream, though. my watch said i burned about 2990 calories in the race, so i figure i can eat whatever.
now, waiting for a friend to come by so we can go out and have some fun. we'll probably try to watch a movie... and i'll fall asleep.
oh well.