Gold Medal Run - 40

[Bill Anders]

Greetings from Baghdad, Iraq.

This morning I knocked out my Gold Medal Run, which was 40 miles to celebrate my turning 40.

For the full report, browse here: http://billanders.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/40/

It was a beautiful night and morning for a 40-miler. As you can see in the report, I actually ended up running 41.5 miles just so my Garmin would show the 40.0 that I needed. That's the last time I hit the stop button on my Garmin when I take a potty break. I never do that and I don't know why I decided to this time. But it hosed me a bit.

Details:
40 miles
7:15:57 total run time

I was feeling very strong until mile 36, then the wheels fell off. But by that point, I knew I'd finish and just kept that forward movement. And just to make it that much more interesting, I threw in an off-course hill at mile 39, which is a long steady 1/4 mile climb. Coming back down didn't feel so good, though.

Here's the Garmin:

[TriScan]

You are the man! Congrats and happy birthday!

[Bill Anders]

Thank you so much!

[Bill Anders]

Thank you so much!

[romanmica]

Congrat Bill, That's a huge accomplishment. I am very impressed.

[Bill Anders]

Thank you, Roman! :D

[romanmica]

Bill,

I just wanted to give you a heads up that I will be promoting your B-Day B-Fit story today on the team web site: www.raceAthlete.com

[Bill Anders]

Sure thing, Roman.

Thanks!