Martian Marathon

Its very flat, in my opinion.  Lots of folks up to the half turn around, then the marathon group gets pretty thin.  I ran the full last year and I'm going to do the half this year.  There is some crazy scenery out there with the martian theme. 

The course itself is a little boring.  Not much is going on with the flora and fauna, as its still so early here in MI.  We had great weather last year.  I think it was about 60 or so.

Aid stations are frequent, but I had a problem with the liquids.  It was some nasty berry flavored stuff that grossed me out.  They also had GU.

Ultima is the devil.  They served it on the trail half mary course on the Poto last year.  Disgusting.  They have single serving packets at Running Fit if you want to torture yourself by trying it out before the race...don't buy the whole canister.  I may be Fuel Belting it for the Martian Half.

matt3liv - 2009-03-06 12:18 PM I'm looking for an 8:00/mi pacer, if anyone is interested. 

I'm prolly gonna be 8 to an 8:30 pace.  My last half I finished with an 8:40 overall pace.  So maybe I'll start out with you.?

matt3liv - 2009-03-06 11:18 AM I'm looking for an 8:00/mi pacer, if anyone is interested. 

I am cool with 8:00, I will run as good as I can with you. 1:45 goal

matt3liv - 2009-03-06 11:18 AM I'm looking for an 8:00/mi pacer, if anyone is interested. 

I'm around 60-75 seconds slower than that...

So do most folks just drive in super early on race day?  The 7am start will be tough.  I'm coming from S. of Lansing and it'll take me 90 minutes to get there.  Then I still have to figure out where to park...

Yup, that's the stuff.  IIRC, they also had it AA tri last year.  At that point, I would have drank glue, just to finish the day!

I wonder if Roctane has enough electrolytes in it, then I could just take water ...  Trixie, comments?

rgr375 - 2009-03-06 12:53 PM

matt3liv - 2009-03-06 11:18 AM I'm looking for an 8:00/mi pacer, if anyone is interested. 

I am cool with 8:00, I will run as good as I can with you. 1:45 goal

BS, you are a better runner than me.  You always have been. 

Spartn, I'm probably about at your time. I normally run 9's and on long runs end up about 9:30-9:45 near the end, so I'll hang with you.

I am planning to ride up early that morning, I think Trixie was also planning an early am trip.

I am up for carpooling with anyone.  I'm just north of Lansing off 127.

It's a deal!  I'm going to do sub 9 as long as I can.

I'd like to carpool, and I'm in Mason, so we could meet up somewhere around 96 very very early.  Are you picking up your packet that morning as well?

I'm doing the half at martian as the training I missed the last 4-6 weeks does not have me ready to race the full....  anywho...I will do the half at 8's.  and hopefully can pick it up from there

I will then be doing the trail marathon full, anyone wanna join me at the poto??

This is my first marathon!  Anyone know where packet pick-up and all that jazz is taking place?  On the website it was TBD but I assume that you can stop at one of the Running Fit locations and get everything squared away?

They did last year.  Not sure if they changed it this year.  I doubt they would change it, its a closed course.

Not registered for the Trail yet, but I think I'm in for the Trail Half Marathon...I'm taking all season to get ready before my first full.  Right now I plan on that being the Detroit Freep Marathon.

i also have an 18 miler thatweekend and was thinking about registering for either the 1/2 or full and only doing the portion i need. has anyone done this in the past?