I did not drink much of my coffee before the race so I decided drink it on the course. People laughed as I drank it for the first 4 miles.

This year I was starting slower and I almost got trampped by the half marathoners. Instead I trampled them. I never hurt the leaders but I did ruin the days of few lesser a/gers. ok I took about 3 secs off there times but really problem came with people with headphones on.

I was completely alone for most of the race and only got passed by a few half marathon runners before there turn around and of course I saw all the marathons on the way back. At mile 15 I ran into DSFL and she was at 16. She was way over dressed and I was hoping that would slow her down since the heat was slowing me down. I got around 5 - 6 minutes behind DFSL but my HR would not go down and was becoming a real problem

Had 3 hot dogs and bowl of chicken noodle soup. Burgers were gone.


My blister and lack of running really hurt. I think I started out slow enough. I was on a 2nd best pace for a long time but I could not keep it up. too much pain with the blister.


Well race was fun. I had good food. My second year in doing this race. I will do it again next year.