Miss Pittsburgh Marathon ‘26 runs a SUB 4
@pghmarathon !!! HOLY HOLY !! what a day… what a fucking awesome day.
on my way to the start line, my gear bag swung into my bike, stopping it, and i went over the handlebars…. leading to a minor gash in my knee and chest and elbow 😅 told the lady at gear check that it was my sign that i truly was putting blood sweat and tears into this goal. i’d like to think it helped bring direct air into my body and oxidize or whatever, but i guess we’ll never know!
thank you everyone along the course who cheered for me, whether you actually knew me or just yelled out “go tutu!” “okay miss pittsburgh we see you”, even the kids saying “i like your outfit” or “why does he have a tutu on?” i wish i could express how much that pushed me through. i felt so much love on the course being the silly guy i am and that made me stronger. i said it last year and ill say it again, my community is my everything.
the training works guys. my biggest fear wasn’t going over the 4 hour mark, it was hitting a wall at mile 15 like i did last year, when i got to that point i just kept telling myself “okay one more mile luis, let’s just keep going and do one more mile, after that you can take a break if you need to, but one more mile” then it was 16, then i pushed to 20, next thing i knew it was 25 and the race was almost over. i was happier and more shocked with every mile i kept going. shaved off 54:53 mins from last year, and funnily enough when i look at my mile splits 15 was my fastest.
this is all a lot to say that i am just so proud of myself, i’ve had a ROUGH start to the year, but achieving the ONE super mega goal i’ve wanted SINCE training for the marathon last year is just so wow 🥹 might hang the shoes up for a lil bit now that i did that …. or i might try to go sub 3:30, we’ll see how i feel when i can properly walk again.
also MAJOR ups to
@megankmcginnis (aka
@meganmcginnisphoto ) for these SHOTS!!!