It took until just before I actually crossed the start line, but I decided to not go for any sort of finish time. Instead I wanted to have my first marathon that I actually enjoyed…and I did! How so, you ask? Well, I ran with a group of friends (my dad included in that group as well) for the first 5-6 miles, then I saw another friend (don) and we ran together and got a bit ahead of that group and actually caught up to another friend (mark). The three of us ran together until i decided to attempt a fall-back to see my dad before he would be cutting off for the half finish. That didn’t happen but shortly after the cut-off I noticed another person I knew standing alongside the road waiting by the portajohns…It was my cousin Caitlyn (waiting on her running partner). We ran together from around mile 14 to somewhere around 21, where I decided to make a restroom stop and then attempt a fall-back to find the original group. I then went past my aunt and uncle’s house where they and my grandma and others were cheering on the runners. In my desire to have a fun race, I proceeded to stop running and chat for a few minutes before taking off for the final 4-5 miles. Those next 2 miles or so were some of the best i’ve ever had that late in the race and the rest of the race was almost as equally enjoyable (still painful though). I never caught back up with the original group. In my last and final attempt to truly enjoy the race I pulled out my phone and snapped a picture of the finish line as I approached (downside is that the official race photographer caught me and my finish line picture is of me checking out something on my phone 
Also of note, they actually got a picture of me that makes me look like I’m running…doesn’t happen that often…
Anyway, tiff had a great comeback (from having a baby) race with a time of 3:15:48 and My finish time was slower than that…
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