Well, this was just a fluke that I figured why not give it a shot since I was there. I basically did no training for this thing. Ran a 17 miler about 2 weeks earlier and almost didn't make it! :) So I figured, what were the odds this years race would be crazy hot. Well, so much for playing the odds. The race temp went up to 86 degrees, high humidity. It was brutal out there. I was on the course long enough that they changed the status of the course to RED which had them bring out emergency bottled watter, and open the hydrants.. which I have to say really get you wet when you run through them. Not quite like running through a garden hose. Around mile 24 or something I ran through one and it was like being on a submarine that was hit. I was soaked but I loved it. Not a good idea to run a marathon w/o training, but in the end I finished, and sometimes that's just a good feeling. If I trained, what's the challenge? :)

If I had any brains I won't try to run a marathon w/o training... but it was a fun day overall..

Warm down? It was almost 90 degrees... I gladly grabbed the bags of ice they had at the finish and put it on my head and quads.


Heat, and lack of training..


A "mega" race with 30,000+ runners in a big city. Very organzied, even with the heat, it seems they had their act together and planned accordingly this year... Nice and flat. Could see how a cool day and training could shoot for a PR someday..