Track and Field Blogs - Kyle OBrien

Well I recently got back to the states from my trip to London for the London Marathon. For those of you who hadn't heard, it was a terrible day for me as I dropped out just before 23 miles. I won't go into too much detail I'll just say it was a very bad day for me, I did all I could and in the end I just didn't have it and couldn't finish. I keep telling myself that it is often the bad races that we learn the most from, and that make us better in the end, but it is still a little tough to swallow right now.

Aside from my race experience the London Marathon is a top notch event, and I would suggest it to anyone who is able to make the trip, I look forward to heading back there myself some day. It was great to see Ryan Hall run a 2:06 and change, that guy is unreal and only getting better. The fellow US contingent over there helped make the trip a good time, dinner with "Meat" Gilmore and his future wife (I promised them I'd blog about it) was one of the highlights, as well as finally getting to try fish and chips even if it was from room service at 3AM the morning we left (brilliant idea Lehmkuhle), and it should be noted that Chad did NOT eat fish and chips. Another thing worth mentioning about the trip is my new fascination with the game of Cricket, Chad and I probably watched 4 or 5 hours a day over there, and if anybody is interested in starting a Cricket League, please let me know.

As for what is up next with my running, I'm really not too sure at this point. I'm taking some time off right now to get healthy and get my legs back under me, then I just need to figure some things out and decide which direction to go now. Thanks for the calls and e-mails and for reading the blog, I'll be up here again soon.