Austin Marathon Conquered

Oh my!  Austin Marathon was super hilly and yes, it kicked my booty!  This is one that I knew going into it that I wouldn't be trying to get a new PR or even worry about time.  Austin is known for "Hill Country" for a reason!  It's full of hills everywhere.  Since I had a stressful work week, I just wanted to run to enjoy it and release stress left over from the week.  Both of my hamstrings were yelling at me before I could even get to half marathon.  I took a restroom break at mile 8 and kept running nonstop after that.  I wanted to walk on some of those hills, but decided to just jog extra slow instead.   Lance Armstrong passed me up at mile 23 with his camera crew.  I then saw a man collapse on the ground with paramedics at mile 24.5.  I just keep running and trying to focus on just moving forward and hearing my music to keep me going.  The last mile had a crazy hill at the end and not sure why they do that to us.  I mean, we are so tired, fatigued and they want to give us a hill!!  My hamstrings were getting so tight, but I finished.  My time may not have been fast, but very happy with results given my nutrition wasn't the best this week.  It's incredible what you body can do.  Keep on running!