DATE: Saturday, August 7, 2010
LOCATION: Bothell, Washington
In February I ran a marathon on President's Day in Bothell. The race was put on by Adrian Call, a fellow Maniac, he hosts about five races a year at the same location. I missed the race in the spring, but decided to come back in the summer. Another reason to run this race was because I decided in July to make Seattle my 100th marathon and needed to add a few races to get to 100 by Seattle.
This was the first day of a long distance double. The first race was in Bothell and the second race was on Sunday in Bend, Oregon, about seven hours apart. I drove up to Tacoma and slept in my car on Friday. Then on Saturday morning I drove to Bothell. I arrived there very early. I decided to take the early start to give me an extra hour to travel to Bend.
So in order to take the 7am early start, I arrived about 6:30am. Once I got ready to go, I headed out on the double out-and-back course. I ran a pretty consistent race. I started out running about 8:20 miles and slowed down tot about 8:30 miles at times. When I arrived at the half way point of the marathon, I ran about a 1:51. I felt pretty good and headed back out to the second half.
As the day went on I thought I would slow down, but instead I continued to remain strong. I felt great and continued to run in the 8:25-8:35 range. My final time was 3:42:04, I felt great. At that point I realized that I ran even splits. My first half time was 1:51 and my second half time was 1:51. I stuck around for about an hour before I headed back home. I stopped to take a shower (at a nearby 24 Hour Fitness), and drove to my apartment for about an hour before I headed to Bend.
LOCATION: Bothell, Washington
In February I ran a marathon on President's Day in Bothell. The race was put on by Adrian Call, a fellow Maniac, he hosts about five races a year at the same location. I missed the race in the spring, but decided to come back in the summer. Another reason to run this race was because I decided in July to make Seattle my 100th marathon and needed to add a few races to get to 100 by Seattle.
This was the first day of a long distance double. The first race was in Bothell and the second race was on Sunday in Bend, Oregon, about seven hours apart. I drove up to Tacoma and slept in my car on Friday. Then on Saturday morning I drove to Bothell. I arrived there very early. I decided to take the early start to give me an extra hour to travel to Bend.So in order to take the 7am early start, I arrived about 6:30am. Once I got ready to go, I headed out on the double out-and-back course. I ran a pretty consistent race. I started out running about 8:20 miles and slowed down tot about 8:30 miles at times. When I arrived at the half way point of the marathon, I ran about a 1:51. I felt pretty good and headed back out to the second half.
As the day went on I thought I would slow down, but instead I continued to remain strong. I felt great and continued to run in the 8:25-8:35 range. My final time was 3:42:04, I felt great. At that point I realized that I ran even splits. My first half time was 1:51 and my second half time was 1:51. I stuck around for about an hour before I headed back home. I stopped to take a shower (at a nearby 24 Hour Fitness), and drove to my apartment for about an hour before I headed to Bend.
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