DATE: Saturday, October 19, 2006 
LOCATION: Millersylvania State Park, near Olympia, Washington
During the fall of 2006, I was running with my sister Julie and helping to get her to do the Seattle Marathon. Each Sunday afternoon I would take her out on a run. I decided to do the Halloween Marathon in late October. After seeing other Maniacs do the Crater Lake/Haulin Aspen double, I wanted to do a double. So I planned to do the Seattle double (Ghost of Seattle/Seattle Marathons in November). My sister and I had a 20 mile run planned for October 20th, which was the day after the Halloween Marathon. I thought that if I could do both the marathon and the 20 mile training run that I could do the double in November.
The marathon started and ended at Millersylania State Park (near Olympia, WA). I drove up there on Friday night and stayed at the campground. Once again, I didn’t want to pitch a tent, so I slept in my car. I remember meeting a bunch of Maniacs that I’d never met and some of the runners were even dressed up. The race was very low key and felt much like a training run. It was a double out-and-back with a few water aid stations along the way. I remember having a pretty good first half, but in the second half I got an upset stomach and did quite a bit of walking/slow running. I finished in 4:00, which was my worst road marathon time at that time. The next day in the run with my sister, I really struggled and realized that I was not ready for a double. I decided at that point I would not do the Seattle double.
LOCATION: Millersylvania State Park, near Olympia, Washington
During the fall of 2006, I was running with my sister Julie and helping to get her to do the Seattle Marathon. Each Sunday afternoon I would take her out on a run. I decided to do the Halloween Marathon in late October. After seeing other Maniacs do the Crater Lake/Haulin Aspen double, I wanted to do a double. So I planned to do the Seattle double (Ghost of Seattle/Seattle Marathons in November). My sister and I had a 20 mile run planned for October 20th, which was the day after the Halloween Marathon. I thought that if I could do both the marathon and the 20 mile training run that I could do the double in November.
The marathon started and ended at Millersylania State Park (near Olympia, WA). I drove up there on Friday night and stayed at the campground. Once again, I didn’t want to pitch a tent, so I slept in my car. I remember meeting a bunch of Maniacs that I’d never met and some of the runners were even dressed up. The race was very low key and felt much like a training run. It was a double out-and-back with a few water aid stations along the way. I remember having a pretty good first half, but in the second half I got an upset stomach and did quite a bit of walking/slow running. I finished in 4:00, which was my worst road marathon time at that time. The next day in the run with my sister, I really struggled and realized that I was not ready for a double. I decided at that point I would not do the Seattle double.
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