DATE: Saturday, Novemeber 24, 2007
LOCATION: Seattle, Washington
Day two of the double started the smae way most of my marathons did. I woke up very early (6am) and got my stuff together and walked over to the Seattle Center for the start of the race. I don't remember feeling very sore, and felt pretty good. I didn't have any lofty goals. I mainly wanted to finish in less than 4 hours.It was a little chilly about 43 degrees with clear and sunny skies. At the start I found the four hour pace group and started with them. I was able to start out at a 8:30 pace, and during the I-90 out-and-back, I saw many Maniacs. It was nice and took my mind off the race.
By mile seven I came up to a pacing group and decided to stick with them for a while. I realized that it was the 3:40 group. By mile 10 I knew that I could not stay at this pace, but I wanted to stay with them as long as possible. I ran the first half in 1:51. I knew the second half would be a different situation. My goal was still to run a 4 hour marathon. I finished with a time of 3:53:41.
I was so happy to have finished in under 4 hours. I walked back to the hostel and we drove home. We ran into a lot of traffic on the way home, but really enjoyed the weekend.
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