steamy race today

run happy was the message of the day at the twin cities marathon, but some of us were really battling. there was great live music almost every mile and the cities looked beautiful today. still, it was dang hot for an october morning in minnesota. i'm recovering slowly and starting to rethink my (non)training regimen. this was about the slowest of my twenty marathons, but i still felt pretty good about finishing today. i placed 2681 of 7215 finishers, or slightly out of the prize money. more importantly, however, i managed to keep my sorry carcass off the meat wagon for another year -- they were circling like vultures after mile 21...