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Apr 28, 2011

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Marathon:
2:21:12 (Chicago); 2:20:41 (CIM)

Half Marathon: 1:05:45 (Long Beach)
10K: 30:03 (Portland)

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AM - 4 miles in Minneapolis, slowly. We were supposed to get back to SLC last night, but our flight from Duluth to Minneapolis was delayed due to mechanical problems, so we ended up spending the night at the Marriott near the airport. Hung out and chatted w/ Ryan Bak and his wife, Natalie. They both ran the Grandma's Marathon on Saturday. Since Delta picked up the tab for everything, we had no problem ordering really overpriced food at the hotel! $6 for a bowl of ice cream? Sure, as long as we're not paying for it! The bartender really had a hard time believing we were over 21 years old... apparently not many people our age go sit at the bar and order soda and ice cream. In the grand scheme of things it worked out OK b/c I got Delta to give us vouchers for future flights, which took the sting out of those darn 2 seconds from the race a little bit.

Posted a Duluth Mega Photo Gallery. Here's a few...

 

PM - 7.4 miles easy. Felt like an oven outside! But much more enjoyable than the muggy, sticky air in Minneapolis. 

Comments
From Lulu Walls on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 15:51:02 from 155.100.212.98

Awesome photos! Looks like so much fun. Yay for Delta vouchers. I can't believe Andrea got in that lake! I don't think anything colder exists...

From Jake K on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 15:51:58 from 67.177.11.154

I went in too (twice)! She lasted twice as long, though. Soooooo cold. But definitely good for the legs.

From Russ on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 16:06:03 from 74.114.3.253

Nice job on the vouchers! That's how to make good tasting lemonade out of those 2 second lemons. Great job on the race, by the way, and great report.

From Hamdog Alum on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 17:36:35 from 71.82.247.163

Sorry to hear about the delay, well atleast you got some goods out of it. Nice pictures!

From Rob on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 17:42:47 from 204.15.86.95

That is crazy, I have been flying Delta for almost 10 years now, have almost hit 1 million actual flown miles and in that time I have never been delayed over night, and never had my bags lost. Yet I hear these stories all the time.

From DaleG on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 21:58:24 from 152.216.11.5

I'm glad things keep working out so well for you two. If my flight was delayed, they'd make me sleep on the airport floor. lol

From Jake K on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 08:28:44 from 155.100.226.54

My strategy is to not get mad, play dumb at first, and then catch one of the employees saying something that is an obvious lie. Then politely threaten to take it to their bosses. It actually ended up being a pretty nice way to break up the travel home :-)

From MarkP on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:20:34 from 65.130.204.16

LOL! You know its only a 2 hour car drive from Duluth to MSP! Score!

From Jake K on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:23:18 from 155.100.226.54

Or a 25 minute plane ride! Easier on the legs :-)

It was actually cheaper to fly right into Duluth than to get a rental car in MSP and drive up.

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