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Marathon #3- Irving Frost Full Marathon

I can't believe I finished a third marathon.  So here's how it went.  Runners are very realistic and we like for you to give it to us straight. So let's start with all the stuff that went wrong. LOL First thing that went wrong is that I was having to work a retail job which put me on my feet 8 hours at a time at least two or three times a week. This reduced the number of miles I could run without tripping from heavy legs.  I also had to miss a 17 mile long run and I almost quit my marathon training and downgraded to the 10K on the worst day of the training cycle. This is where I will give kudos to my boss at the time, Kirsten, she had sent me a text around this time that told me I was unstoppable and I totally believed her and didn't give up.  The second thing that went wrong was definitely the temperature. I registered for the Irving Frost Marathon in Dallas in December, specifically for the likelihood of lower temps. To no avail. It wound up being a warmer day than...

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