March 25, 2007: More Half Marathon
Racers: Lyle, Kathy, Alka, Mary (missing from picture: Lauren, Brooke)
We made our reservation at the Beacon Hotel. Kathy would drive this time, and Mary would navigate. The plan was to leave at 5 am Saturday. We arrived in the city around lunch time, left our luggage at the hotel, and headed down to the Expo to get our packets. I met Kathrine Switzer and chatted with her for a few minutes. She was autographing her new book, Marathon Woman, and I bought one. We all had our bone densities screened at the expo, and compared our T scores. After lunch at a great little spot near the expo we returned to the hotel, dropped off the packets and rested briefly before heading over to the Pasta Party at the Tavern on the Green.
I always wanted to check out the Tavern on the Green, as I had never been there before. The pasta party was fine, but I have to say that the Tavern on the Green was not as wonderful as I expected. I thought the décor was a bit tacky. We sat at a table with a group of women who had come all the way from Austin, Texas for this race. On the way out, walking down the crowded corridor I walked right past Al Sharpton.
We had very good weather for this one—nice cool running weather. We each ran our own race (we always do). The lead runners lapped me shortly before I finished my first lap of the two lap course. It was a thrill having them run past me. I felt pretty good until about mile 10. Then my legs just started stiffening up. Even on the downhills my legs were unhappy. So that last couple of miles were a push for me. Nevertheless, I finished and felt good about my time. It was nothing spectacular, but it was good for me, and better than previous half marathons I had done. However, I decided that I needed to work on my training so my legs would be better able to go the distance in the future.
I stayed for a few minutes of the after-race party. They had a great band playing. Then it was back to the hotel to grab a quick shower before our long drive home. Three down, six to go!
Racers: Lyle, Kathy, Alka, Mary (missing from picture: Lauren, Brooke)
We made our reservation at the Beacon Hotel. Kathy would drive this time, and Mary would navigate. The plan was to leave at 5 am Saturday. We arrived in the city around lunch time, left our luggage at the hotel, and headed down to the Expo to get our packets. I met Kathrine Switzer and chatted with her for a few minutes. She was autographing her new book, Marathon Woman, and I bought one. We all had our bone densities screened at the expo, and compared our T scores. After lunch at a great little spot near the expo we returned to the hotel, dropped off the packets and rested briefly before heading over to the Pasta Party at the Tavern on the Green.
I always wanted to check out the Tavern on the Green, as I had never been there before. The pasta party was fine, but I have to say that the Tavern on the Green was not as wonderful as I expected. I thought the décor was a bit tacky. We sat at a table with a group of women who had come all the way from Austin, Texas for this race. On the way out, walking down the crowded corridor I walked right past Al Sharpton.
We had very good weather for this one—nice cool running weather. We each ran our own race (we always do). The lead runners lapped me shortly before I finished my first lap of the two lap course. It was a thrill having them run past me. I felt pretty good until about mile 10. Then my legs just started stiffening up. Even on the downhills my legs were unhappy. So that last couple of miles were a push for me. Nevertheless, I finished and felt good about my time. It was nothing spectacular, but it was good for me, and better than previous half marathons I had done. However, I decided that I needed to work on my training so my legs would be better able to go the distance in the future.
I stayed for a few minutes of the after-race party. They had a great band playing. Then it was back to the hotel to grab a quick shower before our long drive home. Three down, six to go!
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