DATE: Monday, February 15, 2010
LOCATION: Bothell, Washington
Adrian Call, a fellow Maniac, puts on about 4-5 races a year in Bothell, Washington. These races are free, and pretty low key, that said runners donate to help provide for a great race. Most of the runners are either Maniacs or Fanatics. I had not run in any of his races, but decided to do this one in order to make for a triple. Since this was President's Day and I had the day off work, I decided to run it.
The race starts at a really nice park along the Lake Sammamish trail, a well kept bike trail. It's a double out-and-back, with a few water tables setup. However you need to bring your own water bottle because they do have volunteers or cups. This is fine, as I have been pretty used to these types of low key marathons.
The weather was perfect, it was partly to mostly sunny and felt pretty warm for that time of the year. I started out and felt pretty good. I ended up pushing out miles between 8:30-9:00. I felt great and by the half way point I had run a 1:54. Being the third day of triple, I felt great!
In the second half, I expected a huge slowdown, but ended up running a pretty good pace. My second half time was 1:58, and I enjoyed seeing Monte and Marie as we had all run this triple. It was also great to see Matt Hagen, who was giving good support for doing the triple.
I ended up finishing in 3:51:55, which was good for 8th of 28 marathoners. I felt great and enjoyed the post race food. Steve Yee ran the half marathon and it was good to chat with him for a bit. The Marathon Maniacs in the Seattle area are such a great and support bunch of runners. I feel real blessed to live in the northwest.
After grabbing a bit to eat after the race, I headed back home. This was my third triple, and I really enjoyed the whole triple. As far as I'm concerned, if I'm heading to the Seattle area, I might as well get as many races out of the trip as possible. I felt pretty good about my training for the 24 hour race.
LOCATION: Bothell, Washington
Adrian Call, a fellow Maniac, puts on about 4-5 races a year in Bothell, Washington. These races are free, and pretty low key, that said runners donate to help provide for a great race. Most of the runners are either Maniacs or Fanatics. I had not run in any of his races, but decided to do this one in order to make for a triple. Since this was President's Day and I had the day off work, I decided to run it.
The race starts at a really nice park along the Lake Sammamish trail, a well kept bike trail. It's a double out-and-back, with a few water tables setup. However you need to bring your own water bottle because they do have volunteers or cups. This is fine, as I have been pretty used to these types of low key marathons.
The weather was perfect, it was partly to mostly sunny and felt pretty warm for that time of the year. I started out and felt pretty good. I ended up pushing out miles between 8:30-9:00. I felt great and by the half way point I had run a 1:54. Being the third day of triple, I felt great!
In the second half, I expected a huge slowdown, but ended up running a pretty good pace. My second half time was 1:58, and I enjoyed seeing Monte and Marie as we had all run this triple. It was also great to see Matt Hagen, who was giving good support for doing the triple.
I ended up finishing in 3:51:55, which was good for 8th of 28 marathoners. I felt great and enjoyed the post race food. Steve Yee ran the half marathon and it was good to chat with him for a bit. The Marathon Maniacs in the Seattle area are such a great and support bunch of runners. I feel real blessed to live in the northwest.
After grabbing a bit to eat after the race, I headed back home. This was my third triple, and I really enjoyed the whole triple. As far as I'm concerned, if I'm heading to the Seattle area, I might as well get as many races out of the trip as possible. I felt pretty good about my training for the 24 hour race.
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