Tracy PRs in the marathon on Friday!

On Friday, Tracy ran a 3:52 marathon. Here's how she described it.

Well Sri and Lee already know the news since they FB.  This email is for Brent's benefit.  Thought I had a slight chance of beating his Providence marathon time but alas, I could not do it.  Eaked out a 3:52:39 at the Self-Transcendence Marathon in NY this morning.  What a totally awesome race!  Will definitely be going back next year.  Well supported, beautiful, flat course.  Loops were just under 3 miles - did 9 of them.  Almost started another loop at the finish instead of going in the finish chute!  May have cost me 5 sec., not a big deal.

    Physical Self Transcendence. Self Transcendence can most easily be measured through improvements in physical achievements. In running it involves trying to break new records in both time and speed. The beauty of self transcendence is that it can be practised by anyone; we need not compete with others, we can just compete with ourselves. From this perspective we can get great joy by surpassing our previous personal bests. As Sri Chinmoy suggests

“Self-transcendence gives us joy in boundless measure. When we transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We do not compete with the rest of the world, but at every moment we compete with ourselves."


Tray

PS:  I believe my time at the 20K mark was 1:46 and change so I will be going for a sub-1:45 at New Haven!