DATE: Monday, July 28, 2008
LOCATION: Newport, Oregon
On the Maniac bulletin board a fellow Maniac (Sara Wade) said she wanted to host a marathon in Newport on July 28th. She was from Illinois and wanted to run the Newport Marathon, but couldn't make it out in May, so she wanted to host it along with her family. I along with about seven other runners agreed to run the marathon, so she could count it
as a race towards the 50 states club.
I drove out to Newport with my parents on Sunday afternoon. We spent the night at a campground just a few miles south of the start line. My mom dropped me off and I met the other runners. I was familiar with the course having run it just a few months before.
We headed off and I was feeling pretty good having run a 50 miler two days before. It was very low key they had a few people along the route with water for the runners. It felt like a training run.
I did notice that where the Newport Marathon turned around we kept going. I thought this was strange, but we ended up finishing a little short of where the Newport Marathon finished so it all worked out.
I ended up finishing third in the nine runner field with a time of 3:35. II was handed a finisher medal made my Sara's children. It was a very enjoyable run.
LOCATION: Newport, Oregon
On the Maniac bulletin board a fellow Maniac (Sara Wade) said she wanted to host a marathon in Newport on July 28th. She was from Illinois and wanted to run the Newport Marathon, but couldn't make it out in May, so she wanted to host it along with her family. I along with about seven other runners agreed to run the marathon, so she could count it
as a race towards the 50 states club.I drove out to Newport with my parents on Sunday afternoon. We spent the night at a campground just a few miles south of the start line. My mom dropped me off and I met the other runners. I was familiar with the course having run it just a few months before.
We headed off and I was feeling pretty good having run a 50 miler two days before. It was very low key they had a few people along the route with water for the runners. It felt like a training run.
I did notice that where the Newport Marathon turned around we kept going. I thought this was strange, but we ended up finishing a little short of where the Newport Marathon finished so it all worked out.
I ended up finishing third in the nine runner field with a time of 3:35. II was handed a finisher medal made my Sara's children. It was a very enjoyable run.
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