Dena & Marshall before the race

We'll start with the stats.

The weather at start time was 62 degrees F, 80% humidity, South wind mph.

There were 21 finishers in the Female 35-39 age group. I came in 7th in my age group and an overall gender finish of 44. 

There were 363 finishers in the Marathon Division. My overall finish place was 188.

At the halfway mark, my time was 2 hours and 5 seconds, for a 9:10 pace. At mile 19 my time was 2:57 for a 9:19 pace. At the finish my time was 4:24:10 for an overall pace of 10:05/mile (do the math to figure out how much I slowed down in the last 7 miles. This will become important shortly.)

So much for the numbers. Now for the emotional rehash.

Forget work, forget chores, forget anything in life that isn't directly marathon related. I spent most of last night dreaming about tomorrow's race (although hopefully running through office buildings and incorporating an unbelievably frustrating scavenger hunt won't be part of the real race) and though I will sit at my desk today, the chance of any real work getting done is minimal. Instead, I'm tracking weather reports and counting down the hours until I leave to pick up my marathon race packet at the expo.