3/21/11 26.5 mile run. Trenton, Nj to Fishtown, Philadelphia

My alarm went off at 5am the first thing that entered my mind was that I am running further then I have ever ran today.  As I left for work I was confronted with cold rain. I remember thinking, please don't let it rain during our run.   My work ended up not being so bad. but all I could think of was the run.  I repeatedly felt not up to the challenge of running more then a marathon. Work ended around 5pm the rain stopes and it was time to see what I was made of.  Me and steve were on our way.  The run started of great. I remember passing a burger king and contemplating buying a double cheeseburger.  We ran through the ghetto where some kid called me irobot and another yelled run forest. If I had a quarter for every time I herd that.  Me and steve had a great pace the whole time and really pushed each other.   I felt like we were running as a team.  Then it happened, I was having sharp stabbing pains in my left knee.  This defiantly slowed us down.  I couldn't get over the wall I was feeling.  Then out of know  where I had a burst of energy and kept a fast pace for around 3miles. After stoping my legs were starting to seized up.  I ended up walking most of the rest of the way.  While walking through fish-town. I couldn't walk anymore, my legs shut down. As painful as it was I felt proud that I gave this run everything I had and some.  I felt like a long distance runner for the first time.  The run ended around 10:00pm.  We set our furthest distance to date of 26.5 miles in 4hrs 37min.