Running the Anchorage Marathon in Memory of my Mother!
I did it!!!!
It's done, mission accomplished! :-)
And now, a week afterwards, I feel great!!!
It was a nice sunny day in Anchorage, and still a good size crowd (see facts at the bottom of this page). I started out with Jen and Marilyn and we were trying to keep a 12 minutes/mile pace. But we slowed down once we got on the tank trail and on mile 13 we got seperated from Marilyn. Jen and I kept 'trucking' - one step after the other. Yes, after a while it did get hard, everything started to hurt and felt like it would never end... but we finished (6:06:43).
Parts of the course, I was wondering "... and why am I doing this????" - but having done it feels wonderful. Knowing the money that was raised and remembering Mom while doing it, was worth all the pain.
And the greatest news: The Georgia chapter for Team in Training raised about $260,000 and nationwide Team in Training raised $4.7 million!!
Maybe there will be other events to follow...? ;-)
Thanks for everyone's support!!!
Andrea
PS Please don't forget to sign my guest book...
Some facts:
3330 Runners make it to the finish
Of the 3703 runners who registered to complete in the 2004 Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon, 3330 made it to the finish line.
2004 Finishers by Event
* Marathon 1829
* Half Marathon 1088
* Five Miler 343
* Youth Cup 70
* Marathon Relay 25 Teams
Clear and Sunny Race Day
This year's event was blessed with a beautiful sunny day. Temperatures climbed as high at 74 degrees and came close to breaking the National Weather Service maximum temperature for June 19 of 77 degrees set in 1961.
It's done, mission accomplished! :-)
And now, a week afterwards, I feel great!!!
It was a nice sunny day in Anchorage, and still a good size crowd (see facts at the bottom of this page). I started out with Jen and Marilyn and we were trying to keep a 12 minutes/mile pace. But we slowed down once we got on the tank trail and on mile 13 we got seperated from Marilyn. Jen and I kept 'trucking' - one step after the other. Yes, after a while it did get hard, everything started to hurt and felt like it would never end... but we finished (6:06:43).
Parts of the course, I was wondering "... and why am I doing this????" - but having done it feels wonderful. Knowing the money that was raised and remembering Mom while doing it, was worth all the pain.
And the greatest news: The Georgia chapter for Team in Training raised about $260,000 and nationwide Team in Training raised $4.7 million!!
Maybe there will be other events to follow...? ;-)
Thanks for everyone's support!!!
Andrea
PS Please don't forget to sign my guest book...
Some facts:
3330 Runners make it to the finish
Of the 3703 runners who registered to complete in the 2004 Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon, 3330 made it to the finish line.
2004 Finishers by Event
* Marathon 1829
* Half Marathon 1088
* Five Miler 343
* Youth Cup 70
* Marathon Relay 25 Teams
Clear and Sunny Race Day
This year's event was blessed with a beautiful sunny day. Temperatures climbed as high at 74 degrees and came close to breaking the National Weather Service maximum temperature for June 19 of 77 degrees set in 1961.