The Thin Margins Between PR and Just Another Solid Marathon
Marathon Number 50: The Shamrock Marathon's 50th Running There is a thin line between a monumental achievement and just another solid marathon. For a few miles of my running of the Shamrock Marathon, I made a tactical choice to go for it. It didn't work out, so instead of a PR in the 2:57-58 range, I "settled" for just another solid marathon time of 3:01. Which is ridiculous that I even typed that considering it took me 11 years to even break 3:01. Maybe as I gain more marathon experience, I also gain an appreciation that I'm even able to constantly flirt with sub 3s and that just missing means I still ran a good race. And my streak of winning marathons ends at 1. At the expo Saturday update March 19 I drove my family down to VA Beach. It was an uneventful ride as the boys mostly slept. Upon arrival, we dropped off our bags at the hotel and got lunch while waiting for our room to be ready. We grabbed sandwiches at a lunch spot a few blocks away. Then we went to th...