DATE: Sunday, January 14, 2007
LOCATION: Phoenix to Tempe, Arizona
Ever since I ran my second marathon and heard about people running a marathon in all 50 states, I had it a goal of mine to eventually do the same thing. I realize it’s not something that is that easy to do. And since I live on the west coast, it requires a lot of air travel. I’m not totally focused on that right now. I’m enjoying running all the races I can. Maybe once I get to 100 marathons, I’ll spend a little more time (and money) in traveling to other
states. Anyway, my aunt suggested that I do the Rock N Roll Arizona Marathon. It was President’s Day weekend, so she and my mom had an extended weekend. So I said sure, why not.
My mom and I flew into southern California and met up with my aunt. She then drove us to Phoenix where we had a hotel. My mom and aunt came long and did the half marathon, while I ran the full marathon. In Portland the weeks leading up to the race it was in the 20’s and quite cold. I remember thinking it would be nice to go to warm Phoenix. And it was, the highs in Phoenix were in the 50’s and 60’s, and I was so happy for that. We went to the expo, and got our stuff and had dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory (one of my favorite pre-race meals). The hotel we stayed at had a shuttle bus for the marathon runners, so I remember getting on it. But little did I know how cold it would be! At the start, it was 32 degrees and everyone was freaking out. In Arizona they are just on used to the cold weather. I had a cold prior to the race, and had to take a Tylenol to settle my stomach down.
I’m not a huge fan of the Rock N Roll races, I realize that they are simply trying to create big corporate events. This is the one and only experience I have with the RnR events. I wasn’t that impressed. It seems that every time I ran by a stage, the band was on break. The entertainment along the Portland Marathon course is better in my opinion. Plus the RnR events are very expensive. Anyway I had a good race, once the sun came up it warmed up nicely. I ended running almost an even pace. My first half was only 30 seconds faster than the second half. I ended up running a 3:40:36, and had a good time.
LOCATION: Phoenix to Tempe, Arizona
Ever since I ran my second marathon and heard about people running a marathon in all 50 states, I had it a goal of mine to eventually do the same thing. I realize it’s not something that is that easy to do. And since I live on the west coast, it requires a lot of air travel. I’m not totally focused on that right now. I’m enjoying running all the races I can. Maybe once I get to 100 marathons, I’ll spend a little more time (and money) in traveling to other
states. Anyway, my aunt suggested that I do the Rock N Roll Arizona Marathon. It was President’s Day weekend, so she and my mom had an extended weekend. So I said sure, why not.My mom and I flew into southern California and met up with my aunt. She then drove us to Phoenix where we had a hotel. My mom and aunt came long and did the half marathon, while I ran the full marathon. In Portland the weeks leading up to the race it was in the 20’s and quite cold. I remember thinking it would be nice to go to warm Phoenix. And it was, the highs in Phoenix were in the 50’s and 60’s, and I was so happy for that. We went to the expo, and got our stuff and had dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory (one of my favorite pre-race meals). The hotel we stayed at had a shuttle bus for the marathon runners, so I remember getting on it. But little did I know how cold it would be! At the start, it was 32 degrees and everyone was freaking out. In Arizona they are just on used to the cold weather. I had a cold prior to the race, and had to take a Tylenol to settle my stomach down.
I’m not a huge fan of the Rock N Roll races, I realize that they are simply trying to create big corporate events. This is the one and only experience I have with the RnR events. I wasn’t that impressed. It seems that every time I ran by a stage, the band was on break. The entertainment along the Portland Marathon course is better in my opinion. Plus the RnR events are very expensive. Anyway I had a good race, once the sun came up it warmed up nicely. I ended running almost an even pace. My first half was only 30 seconds faster than the second half. I ended up running a 3:40:36, and had a good time.
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