The marathon stats

Posted by Andrea Walsh in Running
Sunday, April 9. 2006

Time: 4:17:14

Place: 21 734 (out of 35 000 signed up)

My goal was 4 hours and 15 minutes so I am very happy with the results. And most important “ I feel great.

I really didn't like training for this marathon. It's long and boring to do those long runs solo. But I loved the race. It went by quickly, there were a ton of spectators (including a few for me!) and there was music and other entertainment almost every kilometer. The hardest part was kms 38 to 40, where there were few spectators and we practically doubled back for a loop before going into the home stretch.

My blood glucose levels also behaved really well, which made it possible to run in the first place. I ate bananas, oranges and sugar every 5 k and didn't need to adjust my insulin at all (other than lowering my basal rate from 0.7 to 0.5 units per hour for the whole race).

It's going to be a rough couple of days recovering, especially for the feet! I'm nursing a few blisters and a few bruised toenails and am not looking forward to putting shoes back on. For the muscles, a few anti-inflammatories and some rest should get me through the next few days. I took tomorrow off work.

I had a nice long bath with Epsom salts this afternoon and now it is 9pm and I'm going to bed!

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yea! yea! yea! congratulations! you are my hero!

#1 ange on 2006-04-10 16:27 (Reply)

ya sis. way to go. glad you have vacation time to recover.

didn't all that fruit make you feel like making a #2?

#2 big little brother on 2006-04-11 00:20 (Reply)

Thanks guys! The crazy thing is i don't even hurt much. I guess i didn't run fast enough.

As for the fruit, no i was ok, thanks, kev. The french don't believe in high tech stuff like gatorade and prefer to give real food for sugar. At all the water stations there were orange segments, bananas, sugar cubes, dried fruit and, well, water.

It makes for a messy and slippery road though!

#3 Andrea on 2006-04-12 22:53 (Reply)

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