I did it! And I'm home from Hawaii, sunburned and tired, but full of happy memories. I had a great time, and the combined San Francisco and Los Angeles AIDS Marathon programs raised over six million dollars for AIDS/HIV services in our cities.
It was a lot harder marathon than I'd hoped, because I was in a bad car accident a week before, on my way home from Tehachapi after Thanksgiving, and pulled a muscle in my side. I ended up having to miss the final eight-mile run with my girls, and for a while I thought I might not be able to do the marathon at all, but I went to Hawaii anyway and was feeling better by the time marathon day rolled around, so I went out intending to finish.
One of the other women in my pace group was also injured, so we decided to do the marathon together, taking it easy and doing a lot of walking. It was my slowest marathon ever, at 8:47:46, but we finished! And, as we liked to say as we watched even more tired runners coming in behind us, we weren't last! :)
Complete race-day report, with lots of photos, can be found here.
It's been a great six months! Now I'm going to take some time off from marathoning and relax for a while! Thanks so much to all my supporters.
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