Walkway Marathon, 6 down, 6 to go!
So the Walkway Marathon is complete! I’ll edit with my official time when I get it, it will be faster than what my garmin says, someone forgot to hit stop when they crossed the line, and for about 5 minutes after lol. It was a nice marathon, some first year bugs to work out, you start on a steep incline for the first mile and a half or so. It’s mostly on a rail trail, so the asphalt gets hot and you just cook. But it was beautiful scenery and the run across the longest pedestrian footbridge in North America is nice, although today it was exceptionally windy. The downside to that is you’re over the Hudson River and totally exposed to the sun, plus that wind. But what a great view of the river and everything. Aide stations were great, people were friendly, really positive vibe. I was cheering everyone on at the two turn arounds on the course, that was awesome. I got lots of smiles per hour today, that makes my day a great success. Of course, I think the even more herculean task for today was that I managed to drive a 1989 Jeep YJ Wrangler with a 5 speed manual transmission and no air conditioning home after a marathon. It’s about 95-100 miles from Poughkeepsie to New Haven, there was some traffic.
Alright, let’s run down how I’m doing so far this year, and I’ll throw in last year’s marathons at the end, since we’re half-way through the year now on marathons, let’s recap!
Walkway Marathon (Unofficial): 4:38:00
Vermont City: 4:31:10
New Jersey: 4:34:17
Savin Rock: 4:42:50
Caumsett 50K (Non USATF): 6:22:06
Arena Attack Indoor – XL Center: 4:30:17
So that brings us up to speed with 2015, 6 months in, 6 marathons done. Let’s compare to all of my marathons from last year:
Roxbury: 4:50:04
Philadelphia: 4:27:17
Brooklyn: 4:34:16
Buenos Aires: 4:36:20
Yonkers: 4:51:05
BUS 6 hour Pajama Romp (Completed 50K): 6:00:00
Central Park: 4:59:08
So that’s 11 full marathons in my life, 2 50k races. Caumsett took so much longer because of the snow, I had full-on snowbeard, it was epic!
What a great weekend though, I’m going to take a nap now.
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