Aside from Mike Rossi, has anyone run this one before? I'm running it in a few weeks and was just curious if there was anything major to note or worth knowing.
Also, it seems there are often a lot of people looking to run a BQ at that race and it's a pretty quick one. If anyone happens to see this that is also looking to run 3:05, let me know. Yeah, yeah, hobby jogger. Whatever.
Um, Mike Rossi hasn't run it either.
Get there early to find a good parking spot.
What do you want to know?
I have run it 4 times - the first three (2007-2009) and 2013. The 2013 one was a logistical nightmare and have not run it since. The field was much bigger than the previous years and they were not prepared - hopefully they don't have as many logistical issues any more.
Pretty sure the above poster was making a Rossi joke but yes I would try to get there early. In 2013 I sat on the off ramp from 78 for an hour (less than a half a mile from the start) and ended up starting 5 minutes after the gun - all because of mishandled event traffic (again hopefully they have that sorted out by now).
The course can be pretty fast but can also be warm. A lot of it is on a canal path which is not always the greatest surface to run on. It can get lonely in the later miles especially like 13-20.
Most of the canal parts are at least shady but some parts of the trailing the last few miles are out in the open and can be really sunny/hot.
It is really flat - I actually like the old course (2007-2008) cause it at least had one significant hill - but I do a lot of hilly running so most probably like the flatness of the newer course.
Sorry to ramble - what else do you want to know?
What do you want to know?
I have run it 4 times - the first three (2007-2009) and 2013. The 2013 one was a logistical nightmare and have not run it since. The field was much bigger than the previous years and they were not prepared - hopefully they don't have as many logistical issues any more.
Pretty sure the above poster was making a Rossi joke but yes I would try to get there early. In 2013 I sat on the off ramp from 78 for an hour (less than a half a mile from the start) and ended up starting 5 minutes after the gun - all because of mishandled event traffic (again hopefully they have that sorted out by now).
The course can be pretty fast but can also be warm. A lot of it is on a canal path which is not always the greatest surface to run on. It can get lonely in the later miles especially like 13-20.
Most of the canal parts are at least shady but some parts of the trailing the last few miles are out in the open and can be really sunny/hot.
It is really flat - I actually like the old course (2007-2008) cause it at least had one significant hill - but I do a lot of hilly running so most probably like the flatness of the newer course.
Sorry to ramble - what else do you want to know?
Do you really want to sponsor an event that refuses to DQ blatant Boston cheaters?
It's fast, baby. I achieved a huge PR. Hahaha!
#stillinthegame
bizz wrote:
Do you really want to sponsor an event that refuses to DQ blatant Boston cheaters?
Waaa! Not DQed. No evidence to support that. The time stands even though basement loser trolls try from their mommy's basements to criticize winner Mike. Shut your mouths you losers!!
#mikewins
The course is kind of flat but there are definitely some unadvertised short, steep uphills, and a few tight momentum-killing turns.
Bottom line - the times are fast not because the course is flat, but because the race draws fast runners.
Thanks trainsontrails. I appreciate it. One of my biggest questions for now would be the shade, which you touched on. At two weeks out, it's lookin like it could be a pretty hot morning. Is what it is, I guess. Thanks.
Ask mike where places to cut the course are.