Marine Corps Marathon 2012 RR
"You ran a marathon with a cold, on prednisone, coughing the whole way, and you came close to your best marathon time when your breathing is currently at 49%? I do not know how to do it."
Those were the words of my asthma doctor this morning. And it summarizes the race in one paragraph. I went, I ran, I conquered, I didn't PR. But considering all of that, I think a 4:47 was great and that I did a'right.
Long: Yesterday, I ran the Marine Corps Marathon in DC. What an awesome race! It's another big marathon and the Marines knows how to put on a great race.
After Berlin, I was looking forward to see what I could do when not having asthma issues during a race. Unfortunately, after I got back from vacation, my dad came for a visit sick as a dog. Having just ran a HM in the rain the day I saw him, I caught his cold. That was two weeks post marathon so I don't think the marathon and the subsequent reduction on my defenses had anything to do with it, but the…
Those were the words of my asthma doctor this morning. And it summarizes the race in one paragraph. I went, I ran, I conquered, I didn't PR. But considering all of that, I think a 4:47 was great and that I did a'right.
Long: Yesterday, I ran the Marine Corps Marathon in DC. What an awesome race! It's another big marathon and the Marines knows how to put on a great race.
After Berlin, I was looking forward to see what I could do when not having asthma issues during a race. Unfortunately, after I got back from vacation, my dad came for a visit sick as a dog. Having just ran a HM in the rain the day I saw him, I caught his cold. That was two weeks post marathon so I don't think the marathon and the subsequent reduction on my defenses had anything to do with it, but the…