From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Post image for Vancouver Marathon: Complete

Well I did it. 42.2 km (26.2 miles) successfully completed in 4:27:57. But as you can tell from the photo, it wasn’t exactly a walk in the park.

I spent the days leading up to the marathon worrying about my cold and how it would affect my ability to complete the distance. I focused on sleep as much as possible and ate the sufficient quantity of carbs. My dad (the ex-marathoner) arrived in town as promised on Thursday and helped get me into the appropriate pre-race mindset (read: scared shitless).

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