Got it!

Here are the Eugene photos:

This is Rea and I at the start:

 Here's the start of the race:

 This was taken care Mile 26, Rea had that big smile on her face THE ENTIRE 26 miles, can you tell I just wanted to be done?

 This is my son and his girlfriend, they are both seniors at Uof O and were waiting at the finish line for me - what a nice surprise!

 This is Rea and a really good friend who ran the half:

 Here's the proof:

Very, very tardy Eugene Marathon Race Report

Wow, I can't believe it has been three weeks since Eugene; time flies when you're having fun.  I'm not sure what to even say about Eugene, except it ROCKED!  It was a perfect day for a marathon and everything came together for me; I was ready to PR and I did.  My confidence was high and I was well trained; it was not up to me.

I couldn't have done it without my good friend Rea; she is amazing and got me to the finish line in 3:56 - I had 4 minutes to spare.  Rea had just done Boston 13 days earlier in 3:48 and used Eugene to become a Marathon Maniac she is unbelievable.

I felt great until about mile 17, I almost felt like I was going to toss my cookies, but felt better by mile 22.  You can it see in my splits:

Split	Time	Distance	Elevation Gain	Elevation Loss	Avg Pace	Best Pace
1	0:09:58	1	28	109	9:58	8:31
2	0:09:03	1	55	129	9:03	8:05
3	0:09:06	1	38	27	9:06	8:01
4	0:08:58	1	21	0	8:58	8:10
5	0:08:56	1	123	0	8:56	7:37
6	0:08:35	1	140	208	8:35	7:27
7	0:08:44	1	0	63	8:44	7:25
8	0:08:48	1	19	8	8:48	8:14
9	0:09:02	1	87	55	9:02	7:49
10	0:08:48	1	36	62	8:48	7:43
11	0:08:50	1	50	33	8:50	8:04
12	0:08:50	1	33	13	8:50	8:01
13	0:08:52	1	46	17	8:52	7:55
14	0:08:54	1	0	85	8:54	7:51
15	0:09:07	1	28	0	9:07	8:23
16	0:08:54	1	33	32	8:54	8:28
17	0:09:17	1	57	77	9:17	8:31
18	0:09:12	1	43	82	9:12	7:34
19	0:09:09	1	41	0	9:09	7:39
20	0:09:00	1	0	16	9:00	6:42
21	0:09:12	1	65	95	9:12	7:25
22	0:08:56	1	44	36	8:56	6:30
23	0:08:52	1	112	87	8:52	7:07
24	0:08:50	1	0	0	8:50	7:30
25	0:09:14	1	79	80	9:14	7:17
26	0:08:52	1	62	57	8:52	7:38
27	0:02:12	0.28	0	0	7:57	6:06
Summary	3:56:23	26.28	1,240	1,370	8:59	6:06

The race finished on historic Hayward Field at the University of Oregon; I wish I could say that I appreciated the significance of this, but I was done by this point and was gutting it out to the finish.

Here are some photos, they tell the story. Apparently I can't post photos right now :-(  Reasons unknown.  I will look into why and post them later.

Have a nice evening and I hope the weather is better where you are; it totally and complete SUCKS in Oregon right now.

Boston here I come

I crossed the line at Eugene in 3:56 - a BQ baby!  I am beat, I had to dig deep for this one.  I have three really nice blisters to show for it; weird, because I usually don't get blisters.

Details to follow, I just had to share......