Marathon Me

Well I survived and we made it home safely. Overall things went mostly according to plan and how Mr. T predicted them. However the pain was mainly on Tuesday as during the race I felt really good the whole way through. The worst part was during the swim my wetsuit chafed the bee-jezus out of the back of my knees.

The finish was really fun for me as Christopher got to join me for the last 100 yards and we cruised in under 12:30.

The back of my legs are by far the worst part. On Sunday night they looked like this:

and by Tuesday evening it had devolved into this:

Not very pleasant.

So my final totals were:

Swim: 1:33:04
T1: 8:22
Bike: 6:34:17
T2: 7:09
Run: 4:01:50
Total Finish Time: 12:24:40

I came in over predictions in the swim by 3 minutes, a minute and a half in T1, a little over 4 minutes on the bike and was right on for T2. However I made up almost 20 minutes on the run versus my prediction which enabled me to beat by goal time of 12:34 by a little over 9 minutes.

Predictions:
Swim: 1:30
T1: 7:00
Bike: 6:30
T2: 7:00
Run: 4:20
Total: 12:34

I am pretty happy with the results given the training (or lack thereof) that I put in. I felt really good all day outside of start of the swim.

I’ll have more pictures and more details in the coming days. Thanks to both of my fans for checking back in to see if I was alive.

Frank

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