Ooof, done

[nwhiker]

Finally figured out Perry's limit: a marathon.

He had trail running shoes and ended up with severe foot pain, which slowed him down considerably though he finished under 4 hours, which eh, since his goal was 3h30, not bad. His heart rate monitor actually tells tge story, it was never that problem, just the pain. But yeah, he could barely walk when he was done, he looked horrid and ready to cry. But he finished. He could have probably used more prep, tbh, which would have made clear that maybe his shoes weren't the best choice. But he did it and I'm very proud of him.

Dh and I finished the half a little bit faster than last year, to our surprise, and with relative ease.

The weather was close to perfect.

Anne-Chloe, bless her heart, came to pick us up. Dh and I would have been fine walking a few blocks to the light rail, but there was no way Perry could have.

Comments

[camelsamba]

Well done on finishing faster! Poor Perry though - too bad about the shoes and foot pain. Is he going to be one of those "got that marathon thing out of my system" people, or the "i know I can do better if I fix that one thing, better do another!" people?

[nwhiker]

He's claiming one-and-done, but he's planning a few fun half-marathons in the next few months so I suspect he'll eventually do a full again. But he needs new shoes. Trail runners were not The Thing. :-)