Wasn't sure if I was even going to run this race due to lack of fitness. Didn't really run all winter because of injury and I only ran twice last week (a whopping 7.5 miles in total). But then I figured I might as well go collect my shirt, medal, and use it as a training run. Stayed at my parents down in South Jersey, a short ride over the bridge to the finish line where I would leave my car before taking the shuttle bus up to the start line. I was supposed to go to sleep at around 8/9 pm Saturday night and I ended up laying down at 1 am and even got up once to use the bathroom. Woke at 4:50 late and ended up missing my friend Rita, who planned to meet me at the Phillies stadium to park and take the train up together. I took the shuttle bus that was provided and got up to the start 7:30 am with about an hour to start time. Found Rita, wished her good luck and made my way over to the corral after using the port-o-potty and checking my gear and using the wall of pee...at the high school track that a bunch of other guys were using. Race started with a couple of mid 6's....I knew it wasn't my day and just slowed down, it sucks to not be fit and actually race and let so many people pass and run off into the distance. Overall good experience, my first mega race (40,000 people), now that I know the course...I can come back here fit and try run it in an hour. The best poster of the day was a lone female (mile 5.5), cute, which she held a poster that read, "Worse Parade Ever." That made me crack up and I acknowledged her to let her know I loved the poster. Splits from my endomondo sports tracker app on my phone: miles time split 1. 06:32 06:32 2. 06:46 13:18 3. 07:20 20:38 4. 07:28 28:06 5. 07:39 35:45 6. 07:09 42:54 7. 07:35 50:29 8. 07:41 58:10 9. 07:49 1:05:59 10. 07:32 1:13:31 This run show I have a lot of training to do this year before I try and complete my first marathon October 12th at the ING Hartford Connecticut Marathon. | 