DATE: Saturday, February 13, 2010
LOCATION: Rochester, Washington
As a lot of Marathon Maniacs know, Bob Green is known for putting on these holiday marathons. They are a little over priced and the course is not really that great. As most Maniacs here in the northwest, I tend to avoid his races. If the race was free or dirt cheap (less than $25) then I would be more likely to do them, but they tend to cost about $50-65.
That said, I ran this marathon, because it was the missing piece of a triple weekend. In my desire to do Pacific Rim 24 hour race, I was looking for good ways to train for this big event. I did a six hour night run, in early February, and with Adrian Call's Veteran's day marathon, and a free 50k in Poulsbo. I wanted to run this race as a triple, which in my mind was a good way to train for Pac Rim.
The race didn't start until 10am, so I decided to drive the two hours on race morning. I arrived about 9am, and saw a few other Maniacs there. I realized at that point, that most Maniacs had already written off Bob's races. I saw about five Maniacs (including myself), and three of us were only doing it in order to do the triple. The other two Maniacs are good friends from Portland, that wanted to do a marathon that month and this was the only race that fit into their schedules.
We took off for the double out-and-back, it was overcast, chilly, and lightly raining. The rain picked up as the race went on. I wasn't feeling that fast and realized early on that this was going to be a hard race, if I tried to run it hard. I decided to take it easy and just push out another marathon. In the first half I ran a 1:50, which seemed to be a challenge. I felt like I had to work pretty hard for this time, and was seriously wondering how this triple would go.
In the second half, I continued to struggle and slowed down to running in the 9:00 pace range. The second half was a hard fought 2:05. While the race was a huge struggle for me, and continued to run the whole time and every resorted to walking. My final time ended up being 3:55:20.
After the race I got some food and decided to hang out for a bit, because I had lots of time to spare. The most exciting part was when I locked my keys in my car. I didn't realize my keys were on the passenger seat when I closed the door. Bob Green was kind enough to call for a tough company to come and unlock my car. It was a lesson learned to always make sure I have my keys in hand before closing my car door. After that whole order it was off to Poulsbo for the Fishline 50k.
LOCATION: Rochester, Washington
As a lot of Marathon Maniacs know, Bob Green is known for putting on these holiday marathons. They are a little over priced and the course is not really that great. As most Maniacs here in the northwest, I tend to avoid his races. If the race was free or dirt cheap (less than $25) then I would be more likely to do them, but they tend to cost about $50-65.
That said, I ran this marathon, because it was the missing piece of a triple weekend. In my desire to do Pacific Rim 24 hour race, I was looking for good ways to train for this big event. I did a six hour night run, in early February, and with Adrian Call's Veteran's day marathon, and a free 50k in Poulsbo. I wanted to run this race as a triple, which in my mind was a good way to train for Pac Rim.
The race didn't start until 10am, so I decided to drive the two hours on race morning. I arrived about 9am, and saw a few other Maniacs there. I realized at that point, that most Maniacs had already written off Bob's races. I saw about five Maniacs (including myself), and three of us were only doing it in order to do the triple. The other two Maniacs are good friends from Portland, that wanted to do a marathon that month and this was the only race that fit into their schedules.
We took off for the double out-and-back, it was overcast, chilly, and lightly raining. The rain picked up as the race went on. I wasn't feeling that fast and realized early on that this was going to be a hard race, if I tried to run it hard. I decided to take it easy and just push out another marathon. In the first half I ran a 1:50, which seemed to be a challenge. I felt like I had to work pretty hard for this time, and was seriously wondering how this triple would go.
In the second half, I continued to struggle and slowed down to running in the 9:00 pace range. The second half was a hard fought 2:05. While the race was a huge struggle for me, and continued to run the whole time and every resorted to walking. My final time ended up being 3:55:20.
After the race I got some food and decided to hang out for a bit, because I had lots of time to spare. The most exciting part was when I locked my keys in my car. I didn't realize my keys were on the passenger seat when I closed the door. Bob Green was kind enough to call for a tough company to come and unlock my car. It was a lesson learned to always make sure I have my keys in hand before closing my car door. After that whole order it was off to Poulsbo for the Fishline 50k.
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