Being 25 days away from my marathon, a few of the quotes in there really hit home for me. She ran a 2:26 marathon and finished 3rd female, and it was her first ever marathon.
and...
“I figured I’d do what Gete (Wami) did last year and just tuck behind whoever was leading and just gut it out as long as possible,” she said. “I got broken, with maybe 8 miles to go, and I kind of slipped back into fourth or fifth, and then I had to regroup because I was telling myself, 'It’s 10-K, you can do this, pull it together.'”
Goucher learned the lesson many first-time marathoners receive: that your body will hurt in places you never knew existed. “My body felt awful,” she said. “My hamstrings and butt and lower back are still really, really tired, and I felt nauseous and awful. I was having a hard time getting my fluids down the last part of the race, but that’s kind of exciting because I felt so bad and still ran pretty good.”
"...When I hit 23 miles, I was like, 'Wow, this is the farthest I’ve ever run.' I’ll go away from this much more prepared the next time.”(I am much more prepared for CIM!)
and...
"I wanted to stop and give them all a hug. Even though I was cramping and can barely walk right now, I loved it. It was awesome, so awesome.”
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Hey Mike, run the first mile for me because, it's further than I can run right now...
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