Episode 38: Marathon 6 and ironically on my 38th Bday

 Woah its my birthday today and I'm posting my 38th episode on my 38 birthday!  ekkkk!! 

Yesterday I ran my 6th Marathon and the 4th time I've run LA Marathon. Here is my summary:

MILE 1	9:57	Took a pee break immediately at the start of the race.
MILE 2	8:17	The first half of the marathon is my favorite part of the course. You run past Echo Park Lake/Silverlake/ Los Feliz and this year they had the entire set up for the Oscars in Hollywood which I don't think has ever been set up in all my past runnings of the marathon before. Unfortunately I didn't see anyone I knew during these miles.
MILE 3	8:27
MILE 4	8:16
MILE 5	9:12
MILE 6	8:46
MILE 7	8:28
MILE 8	8:30
MILE 9	8:36
MILE 10	8:33
MILE 11	8:31
MILE 12	8:26
MILE 13	13:18	I knew once I hit 10 miles is when I would need to start worrying about my body holding up. This was when I started to cramp up for the first time in my left calf but found someone with biofreeze to apply onto my calves. Whenever I had a chance I would take the opportunity to apply more biofreeze/icy hot to my calves.
MILE 14	9:30
MILE 15	9:02
MILE 16	10:17	Definitely the fastest I've ran down the big hill on Doheny St.
MILE 17	11:24	I won't lie, there was this women that was encouraging people on their run but way too aggressively. I did not like it.
MILE 18	10:23	Saw my friend Bryan and he ran with me for a little bit!
MILE 19	10:18	Almost all my friends were on this mile! Elaine, Frank, Matt, Devon, Lu, Peter, Garrett, Jason!
MILE 20	11:45
MILE 21	21:11	I practically walked this entire mile and met a new friend trying to go for a PR but wasn't her day unfortunately.
MILE 22	14:04
MILE 23	12:54	I started to feel "better" my calves weren't cramping up as much but were just super tight.
MILE 24	12:51
MILE 25	11:19	Saw Chelsea and Huddy!
MILE 26	11:13	Saw Sylvia and family!
FINISH	4:39:59	Not my best performance but I'm glad I finished. I aim for next year.

This year has already had its ups and downs and this race was stressing me out so much.  I am glad its over.

I am so appreciative of my friends that came out to support me on NOT my best day.  It means so much more that people came out to support me under those conditions. I can't wait to actually put in the work for next years marathon.