Well THAT marathon did not go as expected…. I am still not sure what happened but I was convinced that this was going to be my best race yet. I put the training for this New Orleans race at the top of all of my race categories in my database: Most Long Runs By Marathon (12); Most Strength Training Sessions By Marathon (30) and Greatest Increase in Weights Lifted; Most Mileage (in 10 weeks prior to a marathon) (420), Most Consecutive Weeks of 50+ Weekly Mileage (5), etc. I