Personal Bragging: My 50th Half-Marathon

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

This is very impressive, Mr. Rain Man.

[Rain Man]

2/3rds of the way to 100. I did my 67th half-marathon today, and it was a challenging one. The starting line was at 9,900 feet in elevation, and went up to 10,750 feet. It had about two miles of deep mud because of rain last night, and mud really slows a person down. Plus, it was a 15.3 mile half marathon, which is more than I ever run.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

2/3rds of the way to 100. I did my 67th half-marathon today, and it was a challenging one. The starting line was at 9,900 feet in elevation, and went up to 10,750 feet. It had about two miles of deep mud because of rain last night, and mud really slows a person down. Plus, it was a 15.3 mile half marathon, which is more than I every run.

Nice! Which one was that? Are you running Vail HM this year? One of these years I'm going to get out there for Vail.

Today is day one of my 50K training plan. Coincidentally, I think I may have torn some ligaments in my ankle yesterday...while mowing the yard...on a riding mower

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by kepp

Nice! Which one was that? Are you running Vail HM this year? One of these years I'm going to get out there for Vail.

Today is day one of my 50K training plan. Coincidentally, I think I may have torn some ligaments in my ankle yesterday...while mowing the yard...on a riding mower

I was just looking this morning and pondering Vail versus a convenient one that's about five miles from my house.

I realized yesterday with the South Park Half Marathon that I'm not in the best shape of my career, and Vail is tougher than yesterday's race. I should do Vail just for that reason, but I've done it enough times that I might just do the convenient race and save some budget to hit a race in another state later in the year.

Hopefully your ankle heals quickly. You must have been shifting gears aggressively.

[lewdog]

[Rain Man]

You may be right. This may be some sort of psychological coping mechanism.

[lewdog]

Have you ever ran the Missoula marathon? It's widely know for being great.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Have you ever ran the Missoula marathon? It's widely know for being great.

I haven't, but I haven't had an excuse to visit Montana since I started running these. I've run them in 16 states and one foreign country so far, and I'm hoping to knock a few more states off each year.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I haven't, but I haven't had an excuse to visit Montana since I started running these. I've run them in 16 states and one foreign country so far, and I'm hoping to knock a few more states off each year.

There's always an excuse to visit Montana.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by lewdog

There's always an excuse to visit Montana.

Strip clubs and steakhouses?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Strip clubs and steakhouses?

In the same establishment? And do they serve freshly baked bread and butter before the entrees?

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I haven't, but I haven't had an excuse to visit Montana since I started running these. I've run them in 16 states and one foreign country so far, and I'm hoping to knock a few more states off each year.

Thats damn impressive. I only have 4 states to my credit. May get to add Alaska this year though.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Thats damn impressive. I only have 4 states to my credit. May get to add Alaska this year though.

Where in Alaska? I did one in Juneau to mark Alaska off my list. It was an easy flat paved course, not exactly what one thinks about in Alaska.

[Rain Man]

If anyone's interested, here's a video of the race that I ran last Sunday. I just ran the half-marathon, so I didn't do the BAMF stuff through the snow. The half-marathon topped out a little below 11,000 feet in elevation, and the full marathon went up to 13,000 feet. You'll note that the race director went up and shoveled a path through that one large snow drift.



The dude in the dreadlocks who shows up around 4:00 won the marathon, and finished about 10 minutes after I finished the half-marathon. (In my defense, the half marathon was over 15 miles and I'm old.) Pretty amazing. He ran a marathon at high altitude up a mountain, and finished in a little over 3.5 hours.

[Marcellus]

Damn that looks awesome.