Goals accomplished

My goals for the marathon were threefold:

1. don't die
2. finish
3. don't stop

All my goals were met: I'm typing to you live (I'm not a ghost), I finished (although the last 5 miles were just brutal), and I didn't stop (just slowed down for water/Powerade).

My unwritten goal was to beat 4 hours if possible, and I just squeaked by that one too: I did a 3:53:39, which was apparently good enough to place me 230th or so out of 1400 other guys 45-49. I'm pretty sore today, but that helped to ease the pain. More tomorrow.