Los Angeles Marathon 3.16.25, 10th marathon, 4th LAM, & 40th edition in my 40th year

@lamarathon #lamarathon2025 marked my 10th full marathon, 4th #lamarathon, & felt poignant as the race's 40th edition in my 40th year alive

Go-time arrived after a very unique training block, coming off my 2nd best #marathon @ @surfcity, hurting myself after training too hard for 2 weeks, no running for 2 weeks, & 2 weeks of 20ish-mile weeks on chill mode

The headline is that I am tremendously grateful for the challenge of engaging 2 closely-timed 26.2s like this

Increasing my workloads & difficult assignments are my joy, & growth doesn't show itself otherwise

3:21 isn't my best or worst, but I'm proud of what I put down, thankful to no end for everyone who helped make it happen, & the experience of touring my home court w/ every #runclub representing & celebrating our incredible #larunningcommunity was a gift of a day I'll never forget

I'm lucky enough that #dodgerstadium is warm-up distance from my spot, and after takeoff I doled out my energy well before picking things up, then got a tremendous boost again by @tanya herself (thanks again, my friend!)

About mile 16 I ran into @take, a good friend & one of the best runners I know, & after pushing each other for a while, my energy needle dropped to E

Even so, I stayed in, focused on moving forward over anything else

Running into my friend Patrick a mere 2 miles from the finish pushed both of us well, & then, @carla herself showed up out of nowhere, especially surprising since she had only just run a spectacular 1st marathon @ Ventura 3 weeks ago

It was everything I could do to stay just ahead of her to the finish, & we celebrated well w/ @luis @beat @german @juvencio & our friends @lionheart & @silverlake

I am recovering well as I write this, & have a full docket of more goals & races to hit very soon, but for now I am sending tons of gratitude & hugs to @lamarathon @asicsrunning @chaski @silverlake @howie & @jason (extra thanks for the ride home, homie!)

Stay up & #choosegrowth & happy Monday, everybody!