How fast it can change!

How fast it can change!
The race is over and I finished! My original goal was to finish under four hours. Well, I like to cut things close, so you can see just how close I was. My chip time was actually 3:59:03.

The race began with me following the "3:30" pace leader. If you follow this guy (or gal), he'll guarantee to get you across the finish line within a minute or two of that time. It was perfect. The pace (8 min/mile) was very comfortable and it remained that way until mile 18. I felt a little fatigue and dropped my pace a bit, but then at mile 19.5 came the infamous "Wall". I went from an 8 min/mile pace to about a 12 min/mile pace in just one mile.

I had to walk at least a mile of the remaining six, which happened to be all uphill. I was very bummed about that, but at the time I didn't care. My body was in chaos and couldn't move the way that had come so effortlessly the previous two thirds of the race. My brain was in a complete fog and my legs were screaming at me...so I walked on.

At mile 25, I looked at my watch and saw I had 10 minutes to make it under 4 hours. So I started my jog and ever so slowly, made it across the finish line.

Hey...check out the Denver Post article! It was on the front page of our Sports section today. Scroll down a bit and look for a familiar face.

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_5944186

Comments

  1. Hey Woody,

    Congratulations! The first thing I did when I got the Sports section in the newspaper this morning was to find your name among the "Top Finishers". I was thrilled to see that you not only finished the race but beat your 4 hour goal. It was only after I found your name that Misty saw the front of the sports page and exclaimed, "Hey, that's Meagan!" Wow, two celebrities in one family!

    Matt

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  2. Woody - As I mentioned in the voice mail I left you last night - after hearing about your finish and thinking about all the days you practiced - I was just overcome with pride and all different kinds of good emotions. I remember you saying you got up extra early (something silly like 5am or earlier to run) so you wouldn't be taking time out of the day when you could be with family. That really touched my heart. I don't care who Justin Mock is - YOUR the winner! You can tell by the picture Megan is really looking for you! Pretty cool sign Megan, looks like Mommy was involved also! I made copies of this article, watch out Santa Barbaraians who come in contact with me today - there is going to be some serious bragging going on.

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  3. congrats Woody, that is awesome!

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  4. We are SUPER proud of you Woody. Great job, amazing, simply amazing. How great is it that you and Megan get celeb staus to boot!

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  5. Dude, how cool is that!!! Megan representin online. That was so cool to see! Nice work Woody!

    James

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  6. WAY TO GO, BRO!!!! Everyone in New Hampshire says CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

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