38th Annual Birch Bay International Marathon/25K Race - Run

Planned from the day I signed up to consider it a Training Run, not to get caught up in racing anybody. But just use it to put miles on the body.
Ran with a 24 ounce bottle of perpetuam, didn't seem to make me feel better or worse. Water stations had Accerlade? Too sweet.
I started off slow, trying to ease into a steady pace. HR was ok at first. Ran by myself for about 5 miles, till a guy caught and passed me, said he thought it was 9:30 pace. No mile markers on the course, so never knew the pace. Last two miles were hard, had no more lift in the legs, hips became a little tight. Blister started to form on second toe.

Not eat meatloaf and veggies the night before. Only got 5 hours of restless sleep.
The previous Sunday I did a 10 miler, but on Monday came down with a sore throat. So this week might have had a factor of why the run wasn't so great.
Ran the race at 212lbs, weighed myself at home afterwards and was 209.5.

Hobbled back to truck. Really stiff getting out of truck at home.


Sore throat and slight cold kept training to a minimum the previous week. Ok with the time, although really died out on the last two miles or so.


It's a very small scale race/event. The LRC sponsors it. And the director of this years race is a Ironman Triathlete. It's a barebones event, no medals/shirts ect.ect. They did get the marathon course certified and is the final event in the NW that people can use as a BQ.

I'm happy with doing it and would do it next year. Still need to shed some weight. Groin and lower abdomen is still a problem.