Subject: RE: New race at Centennial Park for 2010JoshKaptur - 2009-08-31 9:13 PM
to me they made a mistake not making it 70.3 miles... dumb people like me will get hung up on that and be reluctant to do it.
Maybe so, but this is an event to raise money and awareness for a cause.
From the website:
"We chose the distance of 70 Miles versus the more well known 70.3 Mile distance for this race for one important reason.
70,000 is the estimated number of young adults diagnosed with cancer each year"
True, a few people might get stuck on the fact that it's not a 'real' half IM, but others in our area might appreciate a long course race so close to central MD. Personally, I like the races that don't try to fit into the 'cookie cutter' distances and instead try to provide a course that provides some uniqueness or character. I wish there were more races with a wider variety of course distances that take advantage of great rides/runs where the race is held.
Maybe I'm just biased because this race is 10 miles from my house!
Another thing that struck me about this is the number of triathlons in 2010 at Centennial Lake. We now have Columbia (May ), a new sprint triathlon (June ), and IronGirl (August ) run by the CTA, and this race (October ) run by the Ulman Fund. Wonder if the area neighbors will get race fatigue and start to complain?
Again, I'm not complaining. I can schedule a whole racing year around that great goose pond in Columbia and never go 15 mile from home.
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