My First Marathon!!!

Ran my first-ever marathon today, barefoot at that. Took off from the house this morning following a route that had taken me 28.6 kilometres last week, and figured if I just added a couple loops through neighbourhoods I hadn't visited before, then I could easily boost it up to the 42km marathon standard. So that's what I did. Unfortunately though, my body did not want to run past about 32km... and 10km is itself a pretty long run, especially when your legs are played out. But I pushed on anyway, and one of the major motivational factors for doing so was the potential to get myself into the Kwoon Records alongside Sigung in the Marathon category that he solely owns. As I ran, with voices in my head telling me to go ahead and quit, that I'd gone far enough for this week, I just kept talking back to them about how they were right, but how at the same time I was already now so close to finishing my first marathon... it would be a shame to quit. On I ran, winding down, using everything I had to push through those last four or five kilometres especially. Oh man, was it hard. I knew it was going to be difficult, but not like that. My Withings Pulse activity tracker finally indicated I'd finished the 42km about a block and a half from my house. I stopped running at that point. It had taken me 3 hours and 24 minutes. And I was broken. Still am, six hours later. I can hardly walk, my legs are that played out. But no injuries, and I can now report that I have run a barefoot marathon!! So put me on the board, because it was done, and I want to claim my place beside Sigung as an older guy who can do something the younger Todai can't