I’m not up to writing the full race report tonight, i’ll look to get it done tomorrow since I took the day off from work … The most I can say is that the Ocean Drive Marathon never lets me down as it was just as challenging as it was 3 years ago when I last ran it. One might think that by looking at the course that its an easy marathon, but you never think about the conditions you have to run in .. we had sun, then wind, then clouds, then wind, some rain, more wind and then it ended with wind and sun. Notice my emphasis on the wind … the issue today was that the wind came out of the east primarily and although it was not as bad as it coming from the north, it was bad enough after 4 hours. I feel my head all stuffed up from the run and am hoping I don’t end up with a head cold, although it could be because i’m tired (plus I had to drive 2 1/2 hours home after the race)..

My finish time? Well, I planned for a 4:10, and did a 4:09 .. and I’m happy with it. I had some stomach issues starting about mile 19 which helped me to run out of gas by around mile 23 crossing Townsends Inlet, it just sucked the last bit of life out of me .. but i’ll share more tomorrow. Hopefully we’ll have official results tomorrow .. this marathon is unique because it actually doesnt’ use a timing chip (which i’m surprised at), so my watch time is about as good as I have, I just want to see what the overall results were.

stay tuned …