3:58 finish, 318/1098 place overall. Great race in every way. For a small city in Montana, the organization and support could not be topped. Relatively flat course with nice scenery - varying from farmland to forest to residential neighborhoods - finishing in downtown Missoula. Broke four hours once again, but still haven't done so by more than two minutes since my PR one year ago.
Garmin map and performance details
Welcome! This blog gives a summary of each marathon with finish time/place, course info, conditions, and links to performance data and travel photos. There are also separate pages listing marathons in different countries/continents, states, and Canadian provinces as well as general info about my running background, frequently asked questions, and advice for anyone looking to start running or exercising more. This blog is linked on my Facebook page, but I'm very rarely on social media otherwise.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Marathon #40 (state #28): Bay of Fundy Marathon, Lubec, ME
4:10 finish, 132/448 place overall. Unique, inaugural event in a very remote location on the Maine-New Brunswick border. Race begins in Lubec, ME - at the easternmost point of U.S. - and crosses into Campobello Island, NB around Mile 6. Very hilly through the Canadian portion of the course before crossing back into Lubec for the finish. Perfect running weather, but relentless hills made for less than ideal finish time. Cool experience running across international border with amazing local support from both countries and even from border patrol agents. Passport and customs procedures taken care of pre-race, so no hang ups on race day running over the border.
Garmin map and performance details
Garmin map and performance details
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Marathon #39 (state #27): Wyoming Marathon, Laramie, WY
4:35 finish, 24/74 place overall. Smallest and most remote marathon I've ever done - start/finish is literally at an interstate highway rest stop. Hills and high altitude - entire course above 8,000 feet - makes this a very challenging race, but the remote mountain scenery makes up for it.
Garmin map and performance details
Garmin map and performance details
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Marathon #38 (state #26): Shiprock Marathon, NM
4:04 finish, 65/176 place overall. First "normal" high-altitude road marathon (Pikes Peak is in a whole different league, and Top of Utah was marred by injury so can't be a point of comparison), and the effects were noticeable but not severe. Nice high desert scenery, starting at NM-AZ border, running past Shiprock rock formation and finishing near "downtown" Shiprock - entire course on Navajo Reservation. Navajos provided great enthusiastic support despite very remote location. Good time overall.
Garmin map and performance details
Garmin map and performance details
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Marathon #37 (state #25): Eisenhower Marathon, Abilene, KS
4:03 finish, 64/177 place overall. Couldn't ask for much more from a marathon in Kansas. Another double out-and-back, but it kept the scenery changing from small town to parkland to rolling farmland and then back again. Not quite as flat as expected, but still an okay time.
Garmin map and performance details
Garmin map and performance details
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