Sunday, February 16, 2020

Marathon #113 (sub-four state #33, second round state #18): El Paso Marathon, TX

3:54 finish, 63/308 place overall. Small city race in and around El Paso, starting downtown, running out into the suburbs, and then a unique finish inside the minor league baseball stadium. A little hilly with minor altitude, but nothing crazy. Okay sub-four finish.

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Sunday, January 19, 2020

Marathon #112 (sub-four state #32, second round state #17): Louisiana Marathon, Baton Rouge, LA

3:45 finish, 197/912 place overall. Nice well organized race around Baton Rouge and the LSU campus. Very flat course with good weather; fastest finish since late 2018.

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Sunday, November 24, 2019

Marathon #111: Philadelphia Marathon, PA

3:51 finish, 3,206/10,056 place overall. Fourth time doing this race - a nice well-supported course through downtown area and local parks, starting and finishing near the famous “Rocky Steps.” Mostly flat with a few hills in the mid to late miles. Cold and damp, but no heavy rain. Not my best time on the course, but still solidly under four hours.

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Sunday, October 27, 2019

Marathon #110: Suffolk County Marathon, Patchogue, NY

3:48 finish, 67/266 place overall. Fourth time doing this race, which starts in Patchogue, runs west on Montauk Highway, through Heckscher, and finishing back in Patchogue. Weather was kind of lousy with some wind and rain, especially near the end, but not nearly as bad as the wintry muddy mess in Manitoba last month. Decent finish time - first sub-3:50 since late 2018.

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Sunday, September 29, 2019

Marathon #109 (Can. prov. #5): Treherne Marathon, MB, Canada

4:11 finish, 12/30 place overall. Small rural race on mostly dirt roads through the prairies of southern Manitoba, about an hour and a half west of Winnipeg near the North Dakota border. Weather was miserable - unseasonably cold and windy with mixed rain and sleet, making it muddy and slow. It’s also a fairly hilly course, especially for the area, adding to what would have already been a slower than average finish. With very few runners doing the full and almost no spectators, it was a very isolated run, but those who were out there and the volunteers were very supportive in spite of the conditions. Provinces halfway done.

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