Up until now I’ve ignored him since I don’t want to carry anything while I run. My coach – Gary Ditsch – has regularly encouraged me to eat gels during a marathon. Louis Ballpark which is a beautiful stadium, cruised through downtown, and by mile four I was starting to settle down. I felt tight and uncomfortable the first three miles but just let the crowd carry me along. Well – not really – it was a 20,000+ person race so it took us 15 minutes to cross the start line. Amy and I had room service, I went to sleep early, slept in, went to the marathon expo, took another nap, went out to Italian dinner with Matt and Amy, and went to bed early.Īt 7:30 Sunday morning Matt and I were off and running.

I always have pre-marathon hypochondria so I figured that since I don’t run on my left shoulder, that was as good a place as any to have some pain. Louis Friday night I was tired and my left shoulder hurt.

I did all the normal stuff I did with two exceptions – I didn’t drink any alcohol and I was obsessive about rubbing Purell on my hands throughout the day. Last week was another heavy travel week – Boston to NY to SF to St. Prior to that marathon I had been on the road all week and crisscrossed the country (Denver to SF to Rhode Island). Last weekend I did the Amica Newport Rhode Island Marathon, ran out of gas around mile 16, and struggled home in 5:13:36. This race was an experiment – I wanted to see if I could do a marathon two weeks in a row while living my normal life. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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