Monday, October 5, 2009

Boston, Mass., Here We Come!


I QUALIFIED TO RUN THE BOSTON MARATHON.

This picture was taken about 10-15 minutes after I crossed the finish line, maybe a little longer I was dazed, totally out of blood sugar.

I truly do not know if I would have made it without Aundrea running the last tenth of a mile with me, I so wanted to stop, I could see the finish line but it did not inspire me at all. All I wanted to do was to stop running, but I knew I was within seconds of qualifying for Boston, with Aundrea by my side telling me how great I was doing I kept running and qualified for Boston with 39 Seconds to spare. Needless to say she did not get a photo of me in the last seconds of the race, instead of taking a snap shot of me, she recognized I was not doing well and came right to my side and ran to the end with me. She was promptly escorted off before she could cross the finish line. Aundrea is my hero.

I will forward more official photos as the become available.

The race went really well for me, I did not struggle until the last three miles. My legs just did not want to run at that pace any more. I could feel a blister develop by mile 10 but just accepted the fact there was nothing I could do about it. The blister popped at mile 24 and other than that I had no problems.

My time: 3:20:21

To Qualify for Boston I needed to cross the finish line by 3:20:59

YEA!!!!

Spencer P. Hill

2 comments:

Amy said...

Is it possible that those are the best 39 seconds of your life? The ones you DIDN'T have to run because you freakin' rock so much? You. Are. Amazing.

Jacqueline said...

Dear Uncle Spencer,

You are so very awesome!!! I'm glad that you accomplished your goal! Here's a HUGE hug from me! And Jeff says congratulations!!