Can’t even read the word without his voice

Pretty smart. I once knocked the crown straight off a Tag Heuer by banging it on a door frame. Based on the way your arms swing when you walk, it probably wouldn’t have happened if it was on the left.

(Posted part of this in another thread)

This was my first marathon. The start and finish were absolutely brutal.

I had self-reported a 10min pace or so when I signed up so I got put in the last wave of runners. But my speeds improved mightily during training so by race day I was shooting for a 9min/4hr time.

I should have just snuck to the front since it was totally unenforced. I passed the 4:15 pacer at 7 miles and didn’t stop weaving through people until about 12 miles.

I hit a bit of a wall turning onto the mall but powered through. Ended up with an official time of 4:05 and a GPS 26.2 time of 3:58 which I totally believe.

But I believe my app not just because it got me to sub-4, but also because my track in the app was dead accurate, I did so much weaving, and took the long way around almost every corner just because there were fewer people on the outside of each turn.

And only the few, the proud, the Marines would make the last 0.2 miles of a marathon go straight uphill.

Anyway, this was my first marathon and I’m overall happy with the result. My goal is to repeat next year with an official sub-4 time.