Indy was Monumental: Post-race & splits

I experienced the whole gamut of human emotions over this one, from endorphins to tears.  After the dust settled, though, I feel good knowing I gave my race goal everything I had, and nothing could compare to what I've gained through this entire twisty turny journey.  I know that God is using my repeated OTQ misses for a bigger purpose, and I have certainly developed more as a person than I would have if I'd attained the standard the first time I tried.  I trust He has me just where I'm supposed to be, and because of Him I also know that I am always enough - and so are you!

The biggest event of Nov. 9 was my dad's birthday!
How blessed am I that he spent it out in the cold
watching my marathon followed by a 7 hour car
ride home?!

I mentioned in my race recap that my Garmin was wonky for some of the race due to underpasses and tall buildings, so I didn't have my actual mile splits.  Well, as luck would have it, one of the women I was running with took manual splits at the mile markers, and I was pretty much right next to her her through mile 18, so I now have those.  I didn't have them when I wrote the initial recap, so I thought I'd add them here.

6:29

6:15

6:15

6:14

6:12

6:12

6:12

6:15

12:33 (she missed a marker, so 6:16 average for these 2)

6:10

6:18

6:16

6:17

6:16

6:20

6:17

6:22

Then my Garmin splits from there on (not quite as accurate but probably close) were:

6:17

6:18

6:25

6:31

6:22

6:47

6:43

(final "kick" 6:42)

Needed 6:17 from 30K on; ran 6:26...

The field as a whole was amazing - easy to navigate results are here.  22 women ran under 2:45:00 (one ran 2:45:03 and I really feel for her!), 38 women ran under 2:50, and 79 women went sub-3:00. A sub-3:00 would win most marathons, so this is truly astounding.  How strong is women's marathoning right now?!