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A positive split in your first marathon? That's the dream! Congratulations on following through so well with your plan, not to mention your pretty good quarterbacking form!

Is there any wine to be gleaned from said toe-tapping grape? If so, I raise a glass to you! As we get older, things do tend to happen, and many of them get in the way of our running. And yet, here we are, still going at it in spite of aches, pains, disappointments, and the inevitable slowdowns. There must be something to this running thing after all!

I'm sorry things didn't work out as you'd hoped, but at least you did better than I did in Long Beach. And I know what you mean about the age factor; I think I've been able to rule out any other factor in my steep decline over the last three years. But you're still a young whippersnapper by my standard, and I'm sure you have some good races ahead of you. Keep in mind that I ran my best post-high school marathon at age 60.

I'm glad you found what you needed, and that it keeps on giving.

Go ahead and put me down as an alternate in case somebody cancels on you. But I've already done HTC, so I don't want to take space away from someone else.

Good luck with your new school adventure!

It was fun seeing you on that sweltering day in NYC, but obviously that was just a small part of a big month. I'm glad you enjoyed your hiking tour of our lovely home state, too!

Yes, it does look painful! Way to hang in!

I learned the value of patience when I was recovering from hip surgery 9 years ago. But I know it's hard when you don't know the outcome. Stay positive!

I have this picture in my head of runners going over the edge of a cliff, like lemmings, so I'm very glad you got a PR instead of ending things like T&L. Anyway, you have a wedding to plan!

You've certainly put in the work, and you've made remarkable progress. I'm impressed by the way you seem to keep exceeding expectations. Beautiful splits, too, by the way!

Very badass!

I loved it when you decided to ignore the clock and just go for broke. That had to be an incredible rush. Congratulations on the PR!

Well, at least nobody can accuse you of playing it safe and boring.

Running quite a bit, actually. And feeling healthy, though still slow. Nevertheless, as Des Linden would put it, I just keep showing up.