June 5, 2006

• Though my week was good, I had an even more exciting weekend. My brother and dad both flew in on Friday, so the family got to spend the weekend together. On Saturday, we went to my Aunt’s ICU bbq where there was a lot of good food along with fun games that we played. After that, me, my brother, and Frankie all went swimming in the backyard. We had my birthday dinner that night at Pearl, and then went to bed early. Woke up Sunday at 4 AM to go to downtown for the Rock n’ Roll Marathon. There is a plethora of good looking girls there! Then again, half of them were there with there boyfriends. But a lot of those girls have the lifestyle that I’m interested in. Now if only I could talk to check their personalitites. I met up with Matt near the start of the race and as we passed go, my brother took off, leaving me and Matt running together. We hung out for about 10 miles, when Matt pulled away. I finished the first 13.1 around 2:04 so I thought I was set to make a 4:15 marathon. Then came the cramping of my calfs arond the 13th mile and every 3 miles subsequently. Around the 20th mile, they had a wall set up to encourage the runners to push through the wall. Though once it got in my head, it quickly made me realize how tired I was. My pace slacked for a couple of miles, but another runner motivatedme to push hard through the last couple of miles. I ended with a time of 4:19 and my brother ended with a time of 3:26. You can find pictures here. My body is going to absolutely hate me tomorrow. Even more than it did after running 26.2 miles today.

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