CHICAGO MARATHON 2017

I finished the 2017 Chicago Marathon in 3:42. It’s not the time I was hoping for, but I can say that I gave it everything I had. I don’t have any excuses for why I didn’t hit my goal 3:30 pace. I still think that’s a time that I could run. I just didn’t get it done today.

I first noticed that there was something wrong around mile 9. I felt suddenly very hungry and needed to get into my running gels earlier than planned. I was also needing to take on more water more frequently than planned.

By the half marathon mark, we were still on pace to finish at 3:30, but I already knew that it was going to be quite a challenge to finish the second half in the same amount of time. Even until about the 17 mile mark, we were still within striking distance of our goal.

But by mile 19, I told my running buddy to go ahead without me. I knew that it was over for me.

When I was fighting through the wall on those last few miles, I was pretty heart broken at how things were going. I thought that it was a lack of mental toughness, and suddenly, a lot of the despair that I felt the last time I ran a marathon all came rushing back.

But once I finally did cross that finish line, my entire body just started to fail. And at that point, I realized that I was mentally able to push my body past what it really should have been able to achieve on this day. I was laying flat on the grass and all my limbs were completely numb and painful. But this was the pain of pushing myself to a physical limit. And it was marvelous. And terrifying.

With the help of my running buddy, we were able to scrape me up off the ground and go meet up with our families. And we celebrated finishing this monumental feat.

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The charity that I ran for is Salute Inc. They are a non-profit based here in Illinois that provides financial assistance to post 9/11 veterans to aid with the transition from military to civilian life. If you’d like to learn more or make a donation, please visit:

https://saluteinc.networkforgood.com/projects/33922-michael-ko-s-fundraiser

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DJ Quads - TBT (Vlog Music No Copyright Background Songs)
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