Woe is me-ing

During this morning's recovery run, a bug flew into my mouth AND I somehow ended up running at a speedier pace than portions of last week's marathon :O Before getting fully back into running and returning to my perky & positive self (me, really?!?!??!), I'd like to take a moment to vent....I'm going to get the monkey off my back by listing all the excuses for why last weekend's race didn't produce a PR:

• The Avenue of the Giants course was WAY hillier than I'd expected. It was never flat.
• It was hot. I was hot.
• I didn't drink any electrolyte beverages/gatorade/salt tabs.
• I paid too much attention to Garmalade and not enough to how I was feeling.
• My right leg was acting up---something strange popped in my quad around mile 4.
• I'd had a crazed week of data collection leading up to the race.
• I may have over-tapered.
• I may have overtrained by running 18 & 20 milers in February.

*** Please excuse my excuse-making, and I swear that I'll do some peppy and zany bloggin' next week!!!***