Sunday, May 17, 2009

Cleveland Marathon Quick Update

What a fun marathon! My trip didn't start well. I forgot my entire running bag at home and realized this only when I arrived at the hotel. I had to buy
-shoes
-sports bra
-shorts
-gels
-salt tablets
-vaseline
-socks
-hand held water bottle

The only saving grace was that I had my watch and ipod. Oh vey... I was lucky everything worked out OK.

Back to back marathons seem to work for me. I ran a 4:13:47. Not a PR, but 10 minutes faster than last week. Full race report to come. TTYS

41 comments:

J said...

Great job! You are really good at those back to back marathons! Well done!

Mel-2nd Chances said...

Great way to be able to get all new stuff! :D I should try that one day LOL. WOW, congrats on #13, you're amazing.

Carly said...

Nice work!!!! OMG...I can't believe you had to buy all that stuff! I am glad it worked out.a

No Longer Using said...

oh my gosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you had to buy shoes?! well i mean it's funny after the fact but if i were in your (shoes) i would've been flipping out!!!! glad it worked out!!!

Nat said...

Holy crap... that's my worse nightmare. Glad it worked out.

Unknown said...

Great job. Especially with new everything. That would have freaked me out. You, however, did great. :-)

MCM Mama said...

Great job! Glad you were able to find all new stuff. Looking forward to the report!

Unknown said...

Oh no! I'm glad you were able to get all new stuff. What a way to start the trip!!

Jo Lynn said...

Great job. Bummer about your running bag. That really sucks!

Kim said...

Congrats! Mine only got slower this week. Maybe I shouldn't wait a week in between.

Lindsay said...

only you would get faster running back-to-back marathons :) congrats! i can't imagine your thoughts when you realized you forgot your bag :( i'm sure the rule can be broken when you have to use 100 new things on race day ;)

FLYERS26 said...

I would have freaked if I forgot my gear!
Great job on the marathon!

Runner Leana said...

10 minutes faster than last week? AWESOME!!! Can't wait to read all about it!

The Laminator said...

Well done, Marci! Congrats on another marathon done. You are unreal!

C said...

Great job!! And sorry about the running bag drama. I'm sure I'm going to do that one of these days too.

Jess said...

Nice job! I would freak out if I left all my running stuff at home.

Anonymous said...

I can't imagine leaving my bag! Eek! Great job!

Heather said...

You are a marathon rock star! And bonus for a little shopping. :)

Brooke said...

New shoes??!! That could have been disastrous! Glad it worked out!

tfh said...

Oh my goodness! You must be the queen of keeping your cool if you managed to get and run in totally new gear and beat last week's time to boot! Can't wait to hear all about it.

Unknown said...

OMG !!! I cannot believe you forgot your running bag. Wow !!! I am very impressed with your time. That is so awesome!!!

P.S. I cannot believe you are going to be running in the Vermont City Marathon next weekend. Wow !! I do want to meet you. Let's plan on meeting and perhaps run together. I will be emailing you shortly.

Chic Runner said...

Can't wait for the RR! :) Great job at back to back marathons!! :) I can't believe that you had to get all that stuff too, seriously, I would have flipped out!

rUntoNamAste said...

Wow, incredible. Congratulations!

Felice Devine said...

Awesome! Such a drag about the bag but great that you were able to bounce back.

Anonymous said...

Congrats on back to back marys!!! I would have flipped forgetting all my stuff, but it seemed to all work our for you in the end. Can't wait to hear the full race report!

Cindy said...

back to back! great great great job on that!! and i would have lost my mind about the running bag, but clearly it didn't set u back!

Denise said...

Hi Marci, thanks for the nice comment on my post yesterday. All the supportive comments have meant so much to me. I really appreciate it.

Bruce said...

That would be a sucky way to start off marathon weekend, but didnt seem to bother your time much. Great job!

Marlene said...

I can't believe you forgot your bag. Way to roll with the punches and make it all work. Sometimes an impromptu shopping spree can be fun. :)

Congrats on an amazing time! If this trend keeps up, you'll have yourself a PR this weekend.

Jamie said...

I can't believe you had to buy all new stuff, ran another marathon, and still rocked a 4:!3! Way to go! You probably passed me somewhere on the course :)

robison52 said...

How stressful and expensive to forget your entire running bag at home!! Congrats on running ANOTHER good marathon!!

N.D. said...

That's a great time! Good job!

RoadBunner said...

OMG! I would have DIED!!!!! I'm so glad everything worked out for you! And running faster than just the weekend before is awesome in my book!! Congrats!

Unknown said...

Great job!

X-Country2 said...

Great time after a very stressful start. On the plus side, you got all new stuff. :o)

Vava said...

Nice run! And yay for new running gear, even if they were purchased under such pressing circumstances.

Laura said...

Great to see you and Moe on the course yesterday! Looking forward to the report :)

Marcy said...

OMG that sooo stinks about the bag! But hey at least you were able to make a recovery and post up a nice time :-)

Being Robinson said...

WOW that is amazing. Congrats on the back to backs even with having to buy all new stuff!

Mrs. Smith said...

Wow! I would have freaked out & gone home if I arrived without my bag! Congrats on the great time!

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