Chicago Marathon Race Recap, Part 4:
It took me a second to realize it wasn’t indeed a super fan of citiusmag, but the one and only mgcentro, 2016 Olympic 1500m Gold Medalist.
The “CITIUS” on his shoulder reading “FASTER” in Latin.
💭Welp, this feels like a sign
Before I knew it, I had committed to joining keiradamato and mgcentro, as well as sainabetsy in the pursuit of 69:30.
The next few miles I oscillated between running right next to Keira and Betsy, to running a few seconds back. Keeping them in sight at all times, while also not forcing the pace.
I found myself beside Keira around 6 miles. She turned to me and said something I couldn’t clearly make out…
I heard: 👱🏻♀️🗯️Drop out
And: 👱🏻♀️🗯️Gels
I had mentioned to Keira on the bus ride over to the start that I was worried I didn’t tape my genucan Edge gels to my bottles properly and that I may be short on some. I told her I shoved a couple in my sports bra just in case.
💭Oh! She must need a genucan Edge!
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