This past Saturday, I ran the Hartford Marathon. I always wanted to run this race because it was in my second home of Hartford, Connecticut. I lived in Connecticut for over four years because I went to college and graduate school there. A lot of my friends from school still live there and most of them volunteered at the race handing out awards to the top place finishers.

I trained three of my friends to run the half marathon. I sent them e-mails of encouragement, training schedules, and advice since June of this year. They finished with the time I projected of around two hours and thirty minutes. I am so proud of them!

I ran the full marathon. I ran a personal record of 5:48:30. I ran the Boston Marathon in April of this year in 5:55:30. For the Boston Marathon, I plan on beating the 5:48:30 time. Thank you to all of my supporters who wished me good luck and helped me get across the finish line in the pouring rain.