Two Misses Before My Marathon Record: 56 Days in 2019

From February 3 to March 31, 2019, I took three shots at the marathon record pushing my quintuplets in a stroller. That's three marathons in 56 days.

The first was the Surf City Marathon in Huntington Beach, where I missed the qualifying time by 46 minutes. Seven weeks later I missed it by four at the Oakland Marathon, and seven days after that I ran 4:42:49 at the Modesto Marathon.

People see the certificate. They don't see the two finish times that came before it. 5:31:32 and 4:49:29 are the whole reason there's a certificate at all.