Country Music Marathon (Read 1322 times)

If it's a short sleeved shirt (as most Spring marathons are) black strikes me as an odd color choice. If you're wearing a short sleeved tech shirt, you're probably not looking to absorb as much heat from the sun as possible. And if you're going to put it on before sunrise or after sunset, it's not going to do wonders for your visibility. If I'm buying a black or navy tech shirt, it's got long sleeves.

For me, there's a narrow temperature range where I'd wear a short-sleeved shirt anyway, maybe low 50s to high 50s. Below that, long sleeved, above that, singlet. And in that range the color doesn't matter -- if I'm worried about getting too hot I'll wear a singlet. (That's for training, of course; for racing I'll wear a singlet down to high 30s.) The California International Marathon shirt last year (December!) was a black short-sleeved tech shirt, and for some reason I find I've worn it a lot.

Buffalo Gal I was not at SA but have done some of the other Elite races and by far CMM has the logistics and organization wrapped up in comparison to the ones I have ran. Nashville is one of my favorite cities and running marathons is my favorite past time so the combo is almost unbeatable.

I wasn't too bugged by the logistics, because we (running partner and I) got into the corrals in time and we were pretty relaxed, but one of our group is now Elite-adverse. I actually thought the start was better than the Detroit Marathon and it was half as big. We are REALLY looking forward to this race (Nashville) - we have a great group going, everyone is training pretty well. The Elite-adverse bunch will be back with us at Sunburst which is, thankfully, smaller.

I'm in! At least, I'm planning on it. But I'm running Boston 5 days earlier. If I don't make my < 3 goal at boston, i'll probably skip cmm and retarget my goal race for eugene or newport. anyway i'll be in nashville. if i'm not running, i'll be out cheering. 3="" goal="" at="" boston,="" i'll="" probably="" skip="" cmm="" and="" retarget="" my="" goal="" race="" for="" eugene="" or="" newport.="" anyway="" i'll="" be="" in="" nashville.="" if="" i'm="" not="" running,="" i'll="" be="" out=""></ 3 goal at boston, i'll probably skip cmm and retarget my goal race for eugene or newport. anyway i'll be in nashville. if i'm not running, i'll be out cheering.>

I'll be there. I am just house hunting though.

I'm in! At least, I'm planning on it. But I'm running Boston 5 days earlier. If I don't make my < 3="" goal="" at="" boston,="" i'll="" probably="" skip="" cmm="" and="" retarget="" my="" goal="" race="" for="" eugene="" or="" newport.="" anyway="" i'll="" be="" in="" nashville.="" if="" i'm="" not="" running,="" i'll="" be="" out="" />

I will be in Nashville then a week later I will be in Eugene. See you there I hope.

I will be in Nashville then a week later I will be in Eugene. See you there I hope.

Last year I ran CMM then Eugene. I might again this year, but if I do run the next weekend, I think it will likely be Vancouver -- I live in Vancouver, but have never run the marathon.

We are moving hopefully mid-July. At this point I am actually shopping schools and a couple of houses if I like the schools.