4:02:35 – a new PR

The phone alarms went off in unison, startling Mike from a good sleep. The temperature is high 40s to early 50s during the run. This morning’s dilemma: shorts or tights?

I beat my last PR by nearly six minutes. My wonderful and supportive husband ran with me from mile 21-beyond 25. I had a slow first 5K and continued to speed up through mile 20 and then slowed a bit for the last 6 miles. I didn’t hit the “wall” (probably because I carbo-loaded properly) but I did have a couple rough patches. It’s disappointing I didn’t make my main goal of breaking 4 hours but I did good and am proud of it. Now we celebrate.