Mt. Mitchell Marathon

This past weekend was the Mt. Mitchell Marathon down in NC. This is not a 'normal' marathon and instead runs up the highest mountain east of the Mississippi. I did it last year but fell apart like a cheap watch so was looking for some redemption. I trained harder this year. Overall I was real happy with my result, 8th place out of 183 finishers. Of course this is the JV race as the real guys do the 40 mile version. In any case, it was a good time. Here are some pics.

You can see my race profile, splits, etc. here.

Just before the early morning start. It was cold out so someone wasn't too thrilled to be outside.

But we finally got her to smile.
The start is at 7am and the cops lead us out of town.
You can see me here. I started slow.
While I was away running, the kids decided to play with an elephant in front of a Thai restaurant.
Then they went back to the house that Lisa rented. It was right near the finish so super convenient. Camilo decided to do some carbo loading.
Then they went to the park to see the finish. While waiting, Amalia decided to feed the ducks.
Here I am, finally, coming around the lake for the finish.
Just ready for it to be over.
There was another runner chasing me the last couple of miles so I finished much faster than I wanted to.
ughhh...
and collapse after the finish. The kids don't seem to know what to do with me.
All Camilo knows is that he needs a drink to go with his carbs.
Energy drink is good!
And thats that. Great day!