Honolulu Marathon

Well, my fifth marathon is over! I finished in 7:40:56. I was hoping for better, but that's just about what I expected. I could have saved about 15 minutes, I think, if I hadn't had to make two bathroom stops, but I did, so there you go.
The good thing was that I kept a good pace and never got really tired. I did my 1:3 minute run/walk ratio pretty much the whole way, and even increased my ratio to 2:2 for the last mile or so, and ran in the final 0.2 mile. I wanted to beat my LA time, which I did—by about a minute and a half, which really doesn't amount to much, but the big difference is that I feel fine and didn't get injured (except for many blisters on my feet).

Full race day report, with pictures, is here.

I had a lot of fun, but I think this is going to be my last marathon, unless I can get strong enough to finish in seven hours or less. Which isn't likely at this point. Maybe next time, I'll do a half-marathon.

But it was good to go out with another Honolulu, and have a good race.