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Rocket City Marathon

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Sat, Dec 10, 2011

Race: Rocket City Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:56:21

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
28.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	28.20

So nice to have a marathon with no pressure, just for fun. I had a Nashville overnight, just two hours away from Huntsville and just enough time to drive down the night before and drive back after the race.

Fun marathon, but I have never ran this many 90 degree turns in a race before. It was all over the city. I wouldn't recommend this one for anyone looking for a fast time, but great hospitality!

I'm excited now to get into the training mode again

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 22:17:36 from 67.177.21.60

Nice run Steve. Assuming this is your last race of the year, and now you'll be building up for the 2012 season?

From Steve on Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 22:56:45 from 70.99.80.69

Yep, I need to start training again this week and take off about 13 pounds. I've just been coasting for a while.

From jtshad on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:08:23 from 204.134.132.225

Nice easy fun marathon...just thought you would throw one in on a lark, huh?

Glad you had a fun time.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:45:52 from 205.127.70.66

Man, that's a really slow time.

From Andrea on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:00:04 from 72.37.171.52

I bet it's fun to run a no-pressure marathon!

From Superfly on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 14:22:36 from 74.211.21.81

A marathon for fun... that sounds nice. It's been too long for me since I've just ran with no pressure. Good job!

From Walter on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 23:53:02 from 24.2.69.110

Nice job, did you know Sasha was there? I think I saw a post that he ran that one.

From Steve on Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 00:18:03 from 64.195.178.164

Rob, thanks. The support from friends on this blog is what gets me going in the cold winter months. :-)

Guys, don't you think we are too damn serious about this sport sometimes? It's fun right? Walter, he was on my flight both ways.

From Jake K on Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:23:33 from 155.100.226.53

Steve - if you had been the pilot on that flight, would you have let Sasha fly the plane for a little while? :-)

Oh and don't listen to Rob... he tripped 3 times on a flat paved bike path on Saturday.

From Steve on Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 14:45:51 from 209.235.31.148

He asked me about riding up front, lol! I was supposed to be flying the trip, but when I showed up they had two crews by accident so I just rode in the observers seat. It's not often that I get my trips to line up with cities that have a marathon. I have only been able to do it three times.

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 15:17:36 from 205.127.70.66

No problem Steve.

Just don't want you to go getting a big head.

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