DATE: Sunday, August 10, 2008
LOCATION: Bend, Oregon
In 2007 I ran my first double by doing the Crater Lake Marathon followed by Haulin Aspen Marathon. This year I decided to run just Haulin Aspen since I had Where's Waldo on my schedule the following weekend.
I drove out to Bend on Saturday evening, and ended up sleeping in my car at the parking lot of the hotel where runners were suppose to meet and take a bus to the start. Parking at the start area is very limited so they encouraged runners to take the bus to the start.
It was great to see some of my fellow Maniac friends. The race was very chilly at the start (in the 40's). I was hoping to have a good run. At this point I was having a huge boost in speed and felt that a sub-4 hour time was a possibility. Given the fact that it was a trail marathon and had a huge climb in the first half, a sub-4 is a really good time.
I don't remember too much about the actual running of the race, but I did finish with a sub-4. My finish time was 3:54:42. It was a great run! I hung around for a little while before heading home. It was my ninth race of thirteen to get seven stars.
LOCATION: Bend, Oregon
In 2007 I ran my first double by doing the Crater Lake Marathon followed by Haulin Aspen Marathon. This year I decided to run just Haulin Aspen since I had Where's Waldo on my schedule the following weekend.
I drove out to Bend on Saturday evening, and ended up sleeping in my car at the parking lot of the hotel where runners were suppose to meet and take a bus to the start. Parking at the start area is very limited so they encouraged runners to take the bus to the start.
It was great to see some of my fellow Maniac friends. The race was very chilly at the start (in the 40's). I was hoping to have a good run. At this point I was having a huge boost in speed and felt that a sub-4 hour time was a possibility. Given the fact that it was a trail marathon and had a huge climb in the first half, a sub-4 is a really good time.
I don't remember too much about the actual running of the race, but I did finish with a sub-4. My finish time was 3:54:42. It was a great run! I hung around for a little while before heading home. It was my ninth race of thirteen to get seven stars.
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