How disappointing, I am not sure exactly how to feel right now. I put in a lot time and effort for this race, and to have an injury bring me down. Felt good this morning, it was a little chilly, but I was pumped and ready. Started faster than I should have, which may have contributed to my issues. Started at about a 7:08 Pace, why, who knows. I need 7:15's to qualify for Boston......Temporary insanity, not sure. I was still feeling good though. But at mile 11 I started to feel my hamstring getting tight, it has been giving my problems for a little while, but just a small pain. So I started to pull back a little to see if it would go away, I think I was doing 7:15's once I slowed down. It just kept getting worst and worst, and at mile 18, it just went, my leg stiffened up and I could not longer run.
I sat down in the grass and stretched and stretched, got back up, tried to run, no way. I hobbled along for a while trying to run now and then, I just had no shot. Found a med station, they had no way to get me out, so I had to walk 4 miles out (I was able to bypass a 2 mile out and back) to get back to the finish......and I never crossed the line.
Not sure what I want to do from here, this was my first marathon, I did make a mistake of going out to fast, not sure if it contributed to ending my day, but it couldn't have helped. I will learn from this, and I will be smarted next marathon. Right now I am thinking that Boston may not be in the picture next year, I just need to finish a marathon right now, and not worry about qualifying.
So, a massage tomorrow, take a couple weeks off to let my body heal from all the training and the hard 18 miles I did run, and start back at it slowly.
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