August 26, 2012 6:30 AM
North Bend State Park, WV
North Bend State Park, WV
Time | Pace | Division | Division Place |
Gender Place |
Overall Place |
Bib # | |
Owen (Marathon) | 3:38:20 | 8:20 | M33-40 | 2/18 | 11/90 | 13/121 | 48 |
Michael (5k) | 20:24 | 6:34 | M1-12 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 2/15 | 402 |
Written by Owen:
Parker's Marathon is marathon #7, West Virginia is state #7, all in nine months!
This was a really fun trip that ended with a really fun race. Friday after work, we loaded up the car and headed North to West Virginia. We met Grandma and Gramps there.
Friday night we had yummy Chinese food. |
Saturday morning, during my two mile run, we saw a ton of deer. |
The rest of the day Saturday was spent just hanging out around Harrisville, WV.
Saturday we just hung out, the kids love their grandparents. |
Marathon Maniacs picture: I'm in the back row. |
I like for my family to write, via sharpie, on my arms before each race. While running I really enjoy looking down occasionally and reading what they wrote.
The kids writing their messages that I read while I ran |
The race started and I felt great. The air was cool, but humid. Almost the entire route was under the shade of trees, which was awesome. About 25.5 of the 26.2 miles was on a crushed limestone path. I prefer running on streets, but it wasn't terrible. It was a simple route, 13.1 miles West on the trail, then turn around and come back. That was nice, not having to negotiate turns.
The gun goes off for the marathon |
Michael's 5k gun goes off |
Michael finishes strong. |
Me finishing the marathon. |
My mom was able to snap the picture with my exact finishing time displaying. |
I felt pretty strong the first 22 miles or so, then started to really feel it. I'm still really happy with my time, it's my second fastest marathon ever.
Sunday after the marathon we all went to Dairy Queen for some excellent food and dessert. Then we headed home. At a gas station in the middle of nowhere in West Virginia, we saw this. Click on the picture below and look really close. There is a small baby in a car seat, while the rest of the family was inside getting treats!
Here are the video highlights, and below that my Garmin data from the marathon:
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