Well, I did my first endurance event a couple of weekends ago - the Dick Brown 1/2 Marathon. And I’m still paying for it - if you ever do one of these things, you definitely want to make sure you have properly-fitting shoes. Mine were evidently a tad too short so I now have 3 black toenails (almost lost my right big toenail - still might), and scads of blisters. ;-) The event went well for the first 3 miles, but then my shoes and sickness started catching up with me. I had been sick the two days prior with a stomach virus that was fairly manageable as such things go. Evidently I was still going through the tail-end of it since I had stomach cramps throughout the whole 13.1 mile course. Both of these things tended to slow me down, but I had a blast and learned a lot. I think I could knock off 30 mins or so if I were to do it again. My ending time was 2:47:55 and I only had to take a few extra walks between miles 10 and 12. Since I’m a powerlifter and not a runner, I was pretty happy just to finish the thing! LOL There were a total of around 80 participants. I ended up finishing somewhere in the top half even with my limitations, amazingly enough. Results should eventually be posted at the sponsoring site: Louisiana School of Math, Science, and the Arts.
