Vermont City Marathon
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Comments: * Number of routes from Camden, ME to Burlington, VT on Google maps: 3 * Number of routes with no closed roads: 1 * Number of “rerouting” during drive (which means back tracking and trying a new path): 2 * Size of hail encountered during drive: 1/4” * Number of lightning strikes in close proximity of car during drive: 10 * Number of times hydroplaning due to “ponding water” (a phrase I was not familiar with): 1 * Thickness of mud on the road in Montpelier (after second “reroute”) due to floods that afternoon: 6 inches * Number of moose that we almost hit with the car: 1 * Number of high school proms taking place at our hotel the night before the race: 1 * Time my youngest daughter sang the entire lyrics of “Don’t Stop Believing” because we could hear them perfectly from our room: 12:30a * Number of people sharing my bed the night before the race: 3 * Amount of sleep I actually got the night before the race: 2 hours * Number of feet higher Lake Champlain is than normal: 20 * Temperature at the start of the Burlington Marathon: 68 degrees * % Humidity at the start of the Burlington Marathon: 100% (it was raining) * Temperature at the end of the Burlington Marathon: 85 degrees * % Humidity at the end of the Burlington Marathon: 85% * Average temperature that I have been training in: 45 degrees * Distance of the two relay legs I ran: 12.1 miles * Number of flasks of Infinit consumed: 3 * Number of porta-let stops: 4 * Usual number of porta-let stops in previous races: 0 * Number of drummers on the route: 25 Tibetans, 10 amateurs * Number of sprinklers I ran through: 8 * Amount of time between finishing my two legs and when I got something to eat: 3 hours All things considered - it was really fun, I had a great time and one of my relay partners and I are contemplating running the half/half next year. What would you do differently?: Sleep more, eat better, train in a sauna. Post race
Last updated: 2011-05-31 12:00 AM
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2011-05-31 10:31 AM |
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2011-05-31 8:15 PM in reply to: #3525481 |
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I ran this as part of a relay team...I did legs three and four of the run for a total of 12.1 miles.