We stayed in my hometown near the marathon finish an extra day to have some time with my parents (and so I could get over some of the soreness before spending hours cooped up in the car for the drive home!)

Today up there dawned bright and crisp, 57 degrees with 75% humidity, with a high expected of 75 with 45% humidity.  It was very windy, but I’m betting I could’ve cut a good fifteen minutes off my time with these conditions, rather than the warm and soupy mess we had when we ran a couple days ago.  Ah, well…

On the other hand, I saw a review of the event on Active.com that said the Paavo had the friendliest volunteers the writer (evidently an experienced marathoner) had ever seen.  I’ve done lots of other kinds of events, and I have to agree — they were at least as kind and pleasant as the ones at the Six Gap Century (a bike ride from hell in north Georgia), where the volunteers are phenomenal.

Anyway, I did a frickin’ marathon.  That still feels pretty darned good, especially now with the aches subsiding.