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Hartford Marathon

October 13, 2012 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 30-40 Sunny

Comments:
Cold morning but sunny. Simple warmup. Just some jogging near the start line. Shit at rest stop but kinda felt like i had to shit warming up. No place to go but I should have bc it ended up hurting last half and really slowed me down last few miles every elevation change was bothering me a lot. Start was a cluster fuck. we started right behind the fast corral. 20 secs to start line. But dodged people until we split with half marathon. Got ahead of Tom mile 2 going downhill. Saw him again next mile so I let him catch back up. No problems until mile 10 when I first noticed quads were getting sore. Very worrying as it was still early. Out and back section went well, even the hilly part. Felt good at the turnaround so I started to push a little downhill. Held a strong pace right up until mile 22 when I started slowly slowing down. Still not an issue as I had banked quite a bit of time, so I just focused on holding my pace. Really started breaking down last mile or 2 coming up the bridge. Got passed by a few people last mile. Right foot was really hurting and starting to go numb so I was not going to push it. Got a little choked up coming through the beautiful finish chute but that ended right when I saw the clock that I missed my time. Beeline to porta-potty to shit. When I tried to stand back up pain in my left heel was too much to stand on. Staggered out and had to sit back down. Couldn't stand on it for about 15 mins. Got a massage and check out by emt. Just my planter fascia locked up. It got better. Felt fine that night and just normal soreness the next day.