DONE!

I have finished a marathon--yes . . . I have run 26 miles! Or even more impressive, 42.2 km!! I buggered my knee so I limped 16 miles of the bloody thing, but I finished!

Lessons learned are:

• Advil is your friend (I had four regular and one extra strength)
• Tylenol works just as well (I had two extra strength of those too)
• Train instead of drinking your face off in Europe
• Having a cheering squad really helps!
• The shirt for finishers is way cooler than half marthon ones
• Run if you see a camera--you don't want all your pictures to be of you walking

Bring on children . . . it can't be anything like the pain I just put myself through. And the bizarre thing is that I'm already planning for next year.

And fyi--I have a new cell phone number: 531-8973