Chicago, Part IV

I didn’t have a chance to post yesterday.  I’ll keep this one short and to the point.  Today was the marathon.  I completed the marathon in 4:39:35.  I’m really happy with my time.  That’s my second fastest marathon - only 9 minutes behind my NYC marathon time from 2 years ago.  I was in better shape for that one too. 

Here are some neat things about the marathon - there were 40,000 runners.  Which means that it took me 15 minutes to get to the start line.  I wasn’t able to carry my camera with me through the marathon, I had too much other stuff to carry.

My knee held up pretty well.  I started having some problems with it around mile 23, but it held up the rest of the way decently until I crossed the finish line.  All in all, I’m very pleased.

Don’t expect a posting tomorrow - travel day tomorrow.

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