Eugene marathon through the half

congrats on a fine race. You know you have another 5 minutes in you.

description I have ever heard. "I would have run 8 minutes faster if I would have pushed harder" -- aka I didn't try very hard. The obvious question here is why did you not run faster? Because you didn't want to? That makes a lot of sense. You ran fast. Congrats. Can't you just say that I think I can run faster in the future? Eight minutes faster if you would have tried after 18 miles -- perfect! That makes sense.

Nice!

Marcial Soto M54 2:47:27

Art Boileau M49 2:47:52

Sounds like every other race.. wrote:

description I have ever heard. "I would have run 8 minutes faster if I would have pushed harder" -- aka I didn't try very hard. The obvious question here is why did you not run faster?

I really didn't know what to expect with it being my first, so I ran it cautiously. It's definitely a different kind of fatigue/challenge! I enjoyed the experience and can't wait to try it again.

stumoran wrote:

great race by Daniel Hughes in his first marathon 2:23 for 2nd place! Well done mate

This was Nielsen's debut marathon also, although he did the ironman tri in hawaii.

Nielsen raced a 1:58 olympic distance triathlon last weekend in Alabama. I guess I should try that as part of my next taper.

M63 Stephanie Dueringer 2:45:25

Nicely done by Stephanie. I know that she's been trying to hit the number for a while.

What was the consensus on the course? Not quite Chicago, but way faster than Boston? I heard the weather was perfect.

Hey! I'm also a member, although I've been truant due to CS. Didn't know anyone else on the team read Letsrun.com. Say hello at the Wednesday meeting so I know who you are!

Darwin

P.S. I already bragged about this in a previous thread I started that no one else contributed to :P.

The course was alright. Fast, but not a Chicago obviously. The first 10 were great, mainly on roads, and there was a long stretch out towards Springfield which was nice. You put up with a little camber to the road, but so be it. Personally I was not a fan of the bike path that we jumped on from 11 (or so) through 17 or 18. Little rises (little/no elev gain on the map) that were enough to change your rhythm. Variety, sure. But I would take the consistency of a road any day. Compared to a Chicago, it felt like running on a BMX course (little rollers) that was paved. But you can't always work a course out that way.

My guess is they will need to re-work the finish also (or the parking). People parked at Autzen (plenty o parking), but needed to cross the route at mile 25.5 to get out... I know that my wife and I sat in the line to get out for a good 45 minutes at least- not fun to be sore, and not moving towards a shower/beer/food!

The weather was great. Crowd was great (folks were out on many places on the course... even in parking lots just off the bike path). It was more than I expected... cowbells, music. Not a fan of Gleukos as the energy drink, but that's me.

And ahead of those two-Thom Burleson M54 2:47:10!