Back from Dallas

As my few followers know, the NYC Marathon was cancelled so I scheduled a make-up marathon in Dallas.  The problem with the Dallas Marathon was that it was more than a month after the NYC marathon which meant more long runs on the weekends. The good thing about the Dallas Marathon is that it happened.  Angela traveled to NYC with me and also to Dallas.  My friend, Tanna, traveled to NYC to run but opted out of the Dallas Marathon.  Angela and I had a very fast and very fun trip to Dallas.  We left on Saturday around 11:00 a.m. flying directly out of Manhattan.  Approximately one hour later we had landed in Dallas and we were at our hotel by 2:00 p.m.  We picked up our race packets, ate dinner with a couple other friends running the race, watched the disappointing Heisman show, then ran on Sunday morning and flew back home after the race on Sunday evening.  

Angela and I on our way to the airport

At the Expo

Very cool decorations in front of the Omni Hotel

There were two others, Bob Stamey and Krista Caffey, that we knew from Manhattan that were also running so we met up with them for dinner and in the lobby of the hotel before the race. 

Pretty lights and holiday decor that we saw on our way to the race start

Angela and I post-race.  

Angela has been such a great training partner.  She is very disciplined and keeps me on track.  We have logged many miles together and I couldn't ask for a better running partner and friend. Thanks Ang!!

I know it sounds silly but I am so glad to have this marathon behind me.  The cancellation of NYC was so disappointing but Angela and I both had a great race in Dallas and we both achieved our best race times yet. It was 26.2 long miles but I completed the race and my goal with a time of 3:50:29 and Angela finished 3:51:42.