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Dave
I ran a mile and I liked it, liked it, liked it. dgb2n@yahoo.com
Let me guess, March Madness up at Soccerplex? I much prefer last year's course, with Anacostia in the first half, the big hill at 18, and then bombing through city to the finish. The last few miles were just desolate and the half-mile uphill finish is less than thrilling. Still, I love running in DC. I'm a little biased because this is where I PR'd and qualified for Boston after basically cashing in every stamina chip I had on the table. This year, I ran as a long run tuneup for Beantown (and coming back from an injury-filled year). Much different experience and really a lot more pleasant in the last few miles. I actually had fantasies before the race about shutting it down at mile 21 and just smartly walking it in, but who was I kidding? Pros: Better t-shirts, good crowd support for first 13 miles, cherry blossoms, kites, and everything that is DC in early April. Cons: That last 6 miles, running down that weird path near the waterfront. Wind. Red Bull (what? i almost Anyway back to the race, drank some by accident). Oh, and standing in the cold wind in Germantown was not pleasant. Nice race.
Another Passion
Rick "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa "I wanna go fast." Ricky Bobbyrunningforcassy.blogspot.com
Yup, up at the soccerplex. How did your team fair? We failed to make the finals. I didn't like that tournament, we had to provide a ball, a Field Marshall and an AR for all home games, two out of three of which were home for us! What in the heck were we paying for, this was more of a friendlies to me! Since I had to run up and down the touch line I really didn't get all that cold up there but the rest of the parents were freezing I agree with your Pros and Cons and where did that weird little out and back on 2nd street along Ft. McNair come from?? It was not on the map that was posted on-line. I really hated the race after leaving the new Nats Stadium. Seems to me they could design a course that stayed in side what most people think of as DC, in other words don't cross a bridge. Yeah I know that Annacostia is DC but it doesn't feel like it and besides the great volunteers, there is no real way for spectators to get to that area which is were you really start to need a little crowd support. BTW looks like both our measurements had the course a bit long, I know I didn't run all the tangents but I had it about .5 miles too long.
Happy Running, Troy "Start with your Head, Finish with your Heart!"
Mr. Chip & Mizz Rizzo
As I was driving up to the match I called Suzanne. She was glad I was done and in good health. Then she asked me why I left so much stuff behind. Well the gloves were a spare pare, I didn’t want the race belt and I took only a couple of Succeed tabs from the bottle. She then asked me was about the Imodium? I said what Imodium; I don’t have any lower GI issues. Oh man, I wasn’t taking ibuprofen I was taking Imodium!!! Well it might be a while before all systems are back to normal All and all I’m glad I ran the whole thing but I’m really looking forward to triathlon season.
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