Jerry finished the Houston Marathon 40 minutes faster than he had hoped! His time was 5:18 and he felt pretty good afterwards. He woke up at 3:45am to start preparing for the race. I woke up at 7:30am to start preparing to cheer him on around mile 8.
For you runners out there - Jerry only trained for a couple of weeks when we got back to Houston. Then he strained something in his calf and had to stop running. So, he spent the next two weeks on the elliptical. The day of race, Jerry inserted SuperFeet orthotics (suggested by Jason, our PT friend). He met up with our friend Susan, who was doing the Galloway training, and did run 2 min/walk 1 min for 5 miles until his other calf started hurting. He then did run 1/walk 1 for the next 21 miles! Surprisingly, he did not cramp up and instead felt pretty good throughout the race. Besides the normal soreness/stiffness, he has several blisters on his feet.
All in all, even with the hot weather, Jerry did great and I am so proud of him!!
P.S. Much thanks to Candy for Jerry's bib, Jenn for driving Jerry to the race and Arlene for spectator navigation
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Are you coming back to Kolkata and India or are you finished with your journey? Do you plan to spend time in other cultures or are you back in Houston for good?
-- Jeanne
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