It seems crazy to trim almost 9 minutes off a marathon time which equates to about 20 seconds per mile. If you only look at my actual running time (3:46:19) and don’t include my 'break', I would have been over 13 minutes or about 30 seconds PER MILE faster. I knew it was going to be a good race because of the weather and the flat course, but you still have to do the work and actually run that fast. When you get right down to it, there is only one thing I did differently in

It’s only 3 days later and I’m sort of still basking in the glow and pain of running a 3:51:16 marathon. Wow is all I can say about it. I felt so prepared for this marathon (#20 by the way) and maybe more so than ever before. I felt as though my training for this one was even better. I ran all of my training miles faster. Ever since I received the Garmin Fenix 5S Plus watch in late December, I pushed myself harder to compete with myself. I love competing with myself. I