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Well, I ran a marathon this weekend. Flying Pig marathon. It was absolutely horrid.
1) I didn't plan it well in terms of pacing the Eden Heights.
2) I ate at a mysterious italian resteraunt the night before and had a case of Montezuma's Revenge.
3) I suffered a stress fracture on my right foot and kept running.

Now I made the halfway in under 2 hours... but ran the second half 2:15. For a total of 4:15. That's well above a 9 minute pace (the benchmark for me for jogging). My question...

Even with feeling sick and not being able to hydrate... even with have a fracture in my foot that was driving me nuts... did I jog it or run it?

I can guaruntee you, I tried my best and in the end... I finish... even if I had two finish lines... the actual line and a line of paramedics.

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Dude, in my book, jogging is any pace above walking that does not make you suffer. When you're in pain, when you're focused, when you can't carry on a conversation you are running. You ran your ass off and a good run is more than just having a good finishing time. You can look back on this and say you did it and it took all you had.

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You were just slowing down, not jogging. You just had a bad day - it sometimes happens. So don't be too hard on yourself. I admire your grit and guts!!!

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