PUBLISHED 02/02/2006
How was the recovery?
"I was kind of stiff for a couple of days but nothing too bad."
How about your fiancée?
"That's so funny. Like a day later she was like "Oh god, I'm so stiff after that run." She's not a runner at all. I was like 'You're stiff? You ran two miles.' I think she might have gotten a blister from running in Gucci flats. But what are you going to do? She looked good."
It was fortunate that you hit the wall at the end.
"Yeah, I had only like three miles to go. I feel as though I would have done a much better time, but what are you going to do?"
Were you happy with your time?
"Because I was running like a 3:10, 3:15 pace and it didn't seem hard at all, I was really just enjoying it. I thought 'Oh wow, if I kill myself I might be able to come closer to 3.' I was really hoping for that. That would have been a dream come true. But that was hubris as it turned out."
Will you run another marathon?
"Definitely."
Did you just drink water throughout the marathon?
"I did everything. I had some oatmeal at the beginning and then I had Gatorade throughout the course, water throughout the course. I took people's oranges. A guy gave me some sort of sports gel. Oh man. Somebody came with Vaseline; that was a real life saver. I didn't eat it but I definitely needed it. My shirt really started to chafe me. This woman was just handing out little tongue depressors with Vaseline and it saved my life."
Is there another marathon on your calendar?
"I was really inspired by people who ran with blind runners. Man that's something I'd like to do. I feel like I did my marathon for myself, but I would like to maybe do that (run with a blind person) the next time around. Not worry about time and my performance and just do it for someone else."
