Twittering away my Marathon

I just finished my first Marathon on the 19th of October. It was great fun and I think I might be the first (or one of the first) marathoners to Twitter my way through the event!

Part of the fun of the day was to take pictures of milemarkers and my running partner & me at various points in the day. My family sent me encouragement notes as did a number of people who I don't even know, but saw my posts!

Here's how the Twittering went...

• Lights all ready for tomorrows very early (and dark) start. http://snipurl.com/4hbwh 11:46 AM Oct 18th from Twinkle 
  
• ...and we're off http://snipurl.com/4hxsy 5:36 AM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• Mile 5 6:52 AM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• Bridge http://snipurl.com/4hzqi 7:05 AM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• 9 http://snipurl.com/4i0r4 7:58 AM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• 14... http://snipurl.com/4i2of 9:15 AM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• 15 and going strong! http://snipurl.com/4i37o 9:33 AM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• Quick jog around the lake and then the home stretch http://snipurl.com/4i50o 10:39 AM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• The smell of eucalyptus trees takes me back to my childhood and gives me energy 10:45 AM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• 6.2 to go http://snipurl.com/4i5gi 10:56 AM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• 23. And still moving 11:51 AM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• 2.2 http://snipurl.com/4i7j2 12:08 PM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• Just past 25 12:27 PM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  
• 26.2!!! Thanks to all who followed me! 1:08 PM Oct 19th from Twinkle 
  

As you can see, the posts were not terribly exciting, but they entertained me and let my family follow along my run virtually (as opposed to Ron & the girls who followed me physically!)

A great experience. I'm quite sure that if I ran the marathon without the posts or the bathroom breaks, I would have finished a good hour and a half faster, but this one was about the experience...perhaps the next one will be for speed!