Recovering

Thanks for all the excellent and interesting comments on my last post. The one thing that it has accomplished is to strengthen my desire to do this again. Towards the end of my training, as the long runs got long, I really thought this first marathon would be my only marathon. Not that I was going to settle back onto the couch, but that I would concentrate on shorter races, and maybe half marathons now and then. However, my competitive fires have now been stoked, and I feel the need to go out and prove to myself (and the world) that I'm capable of more. I wonder how this motivation will hold up as the temperature drops, but for now I'm already looking at marathon calendars for the spring. (I can barely believe it myself...)

I'm feeling better each day. I can pretty much walk normally now, and I don't have to go down stairs sideways anymore. In fact, if I had more time today I probably would have gone out for a small run. I'll probably do that on Sunday.

The marathon pictures are up and you can see them here. I definitely "need" one 5x7 picture (for my bib frame), but I'm not sure if I need to order all those pictures. (Did you see those prices?!!) I think it's fairly obvious which picture I should get, but I'm curious if everyone else agrees.

I have a few more things to post, but I have to be on my own computer to do it properly. I'll probably get to them over the weekend sometime.

One last thing. Today was the last day of the Magnum exhibit on pictures taken during the 2004 NYC Marathon. I went to see it, and although it was smaller than I expected, it was still pretty cool. I think having now run the race, I had a much different perspective on the exhibit. Nonetheless, the pictures are pretty good. I recommend watching this narrated slide show.

Have a great weekend!