I also think the shocks were completely gone in that bus because the ride up was very bumpy. It took forever to start driving and the bus was hot and stuffy. Our hotel had a bus that picked us up right in the parking lot.Īlison and I met our friend Jami in the lobby and we hopped on the bus. I then sipped Maurten 320 throughout the morning. I ate a couple homemade GF pancakes with peanut butter and honey soon after I woke up. We were able to get a reasonable amount of sleep with the later start time. In Utah all the marathons start crazy early. This is a later start time than I am used to. I hardly questioned whether I would qualify or not. Perfect!! The day before we did a 3 mile shakeout and we could feel the wind blowing strong from the direction we wanted it to come from. For the 10 days leading up to the marathon, it looked like cool weather, rainy and overcast, with a tailwind. Coming from 5,000ft elevation, I could feel the extra oxygen in the air. Legs felt pretty good and the course was beautiful. We got in, checked into our hotel, and went straight to the course to do 5 miles and check it out. I was flying out with my husband, Dustin, and Alison and her husband. We flew out to Duluth, MN early Thursday morning. Everything was back on track within a couple more weeks. My training suffered for about 3 weeks, but I got fixed up and jumped back into it. I hit a bump in the road and had some problems with my back and then my calf.
Training was going really well until about 9-10 weeks till the marathon. Especially with my Senita shorts and all the pockets. I was frustrated about that at first, but then I realized that carrying it wasn’t too big of a deal. My 1:18 half marathon was good enough to get an elite entry, but not good enough to get bottles on the course.
They turned away people who were faster than me.
Come to find out, they had so many people trying to get into the elite section that they had to turn a bunch of people away. Luckily, I was able to get an elite entry.
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