We ran the last 13.1 miles of the marathon course. We started at 7AM. I ran with John Z., Brenda, Joe, and Clarence. There are a few hills in the latter section, and the first five miles is a steady upward climb. So we tried to keep it to a slow pace, that is, less than MGP, and many times John, who was wearing a geek-o-meter, would say to slow down. Near the end Brenda, Joe and Clarence were a quarter mile ahead of John and I. I thanked John for being my running buddy for the day. It was nice to run with someone even though we didn’t talk that much. Just knowing he was there was good. We finished at 7th and Congress, then I cooled down back to the annex. It took me 2:16 to complete. John and the others went to breakfast, but I skipped it. At the annex I did my feet exercises, and then headed home by driving a few other runners to the start parking lot at Burnet and Northloop.
