Tupelo this weekend? (Read 462 times)

Anybody else running Tupelo on Sunday? Other than the usual suspects?

71 degrees and 97% humidity at 6am. what exactly is that like?

I enjoyed that race. Not my best effort since I've been nursing my left knee for the last month and practically did no running whatsoever. Of course this morning I'm hurting and walking down stairs was a dicey situation. I was kind of sad that there was some Natural Light in the beer bin. Other that that, it was a great race.

Usually I give my medals to my kids to play with, but I think with this one, I'm keeping. The shirt is cool. I'll do this one again. Hopefully next year it'll be the marathon and not the 14.2 Miler. That was my original plan until my knee decided not to cooperate. I didn't think the weather was too bad, but the rest of my group did.

I ran along side an ultramarathoner for awhile and she was debating the whole time about whether to make the turn around or just go for the 14.2. She was sweating so much that she was leaving footprints. She settled for the 14.2...in my opinion that was a good choice for her.

I finished in about 2:20. I was pretty well hydrated before hand but still drank at least 2 cups of water at every aid station. I ran Chicago last year and am very well aware of what can happen when you get behind on your hydration. Not a lot of fun. I didn't get into a danger zone, but my pace did fall off like your report of your experience and it's hard to get caught back up.