I think the breast cancer marathon is one of the best organized most woman friendly marathon I’ve ever been to. There are potties and water at every stop. There is also more gu offered more often on the race course then you can imagine. The post race amenities are fantastic.
I ran the half marathon as I’m a bit burned out on marathons at the moment. My old running buddies from VA were t here and brought a new lady with them. She was running her first race so we paired up together. The poor thing had to listen to me rattle on all race. J
The race is mostly an out and back. The half marathoner s spend 1.5-2 miles running on the beach. I’m still undecided if I like that. The breeze was nice and the view was beautiful. Alas, it added nearly 30 seconds per half mile according my Garmin.
After the beach stretch the half marathoners turn around and head back on the streets. The fan support is amazing. Folks are lined up all over the streets cheering their hearts out. It was odd but I really didn’t want the race to end.
There is a bridge overpass on the way back to the finish line. By this time several people are doing the death march. I realized that doing a half marathon instead of the full left me with plenty of energy to pass folks and make it look easy. Sort of the way Nevels looped me at the MIBM race last summer. J
We finished the race and headed to the runners area for a beer. As it was getting warm we decided to take a picture of us drinking a beer and text it out to our friends still running the marathon. The caption read, “Ha ha, you are still running”. Isn’t it amazing what a beer will make you do? | 