“I knew after a mile that I was going to be in trouble,” Barber said of the hot and humid conditions. “I’ve never had a non-finish,” Barber told the Orlando Sentinel. “I was telling myself, ‘I am not going to not finish. I am not going to not finish.'”
“I feel worn — not bruised, just worn,” Barber said. “My muscles are cramping, and it takes a long time to recover. It takes fluids, a lot of fluids to recover, whereas in football, I don’t know. It was just bruising, but you still felt invigorated. When I get through a marathon, I feel exhausted.”
His next target is a marathon in Tokyo on Feb. 29, and he intends to keep his streak alive.
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