Epic on the Pain Scale

Epic is all that fits right now. Our alarm was set for 3 a.m. At 2 am I was awoke by a cramp in my right calf. Haven't had a cramp in probably a year.....marathon morning of all mornings, I lay in bed yelling because my calf is cramped and in a knot that wont release. Nice. It did release, leaving behind quite a bit of pain when weight was put on it. I used the Iron man muscle rub you saw in the pics yesterday, twice about an hour apart. Took some meds, do not do this before or during an endurance event, it is terrible for your body, does damage, and can land you in the hospital. Really, don't.
This was by far the most painful run of all time, ever. I was terrified I was going to go down with a cramp as my legs were on the verge of cramping the entire run. Ad to that the monumental amount of hills, up and down. Ad to that pain the pain of overcompensating for my calf and earning stabbing hip pains. Brian almost called it at mile 13. I was in tears, doing more of a shuffle than a run. Some things are just out of our control, and although I wasn't getting through this marathon the way I had pictured, I was going to finish it no matter what. I stopped at medical for some more meds and muscle rub.
Epic.
But we finished. I need to let it all sink in a bit before I do a full recap, so that's it for now. I will post pics to dropshots later tonight....here you go for now..