Ran 10 miles this morning. Karma tagged along for 2 miles before he decided he'd had enough of the 65 degrees and 85% humidity at 5:30am in the middle of winter. Personally, i kind of enjoyed it!
Queue the criticism:
Ran the last 1.2 miles of the Austin Marathon course this am since yet again, they've made changes. That last zig zag from san jacinto, then up MLK, then speedway, then down 15th, then a right left right through those buildings, then back to San jacinto to scale the last little hill is ridiculous. Cracks me up how they're unable to get the distance elsewhere and have to make all these turns with a mile to go. I feel sorry for those in pain that will have to deal with all those late-in-the-race turns. I know I've been in serious pains in the last 1.2 miles of a marathon or two, and the last thing I've wanted was six ninety-degree 8 turns on non-flat roads.
Whomever's in charge of making course changes in that office probably hasn't raced a marathon for many years. They need some new blood to offer advice in there, and don't bring me this "the city's road closure department is tough to work with" cockamamy bullshit, because that snake sure looks like it's messing up more roads than a straight line would! Just my $0.02.
Then again, on race day, you make it happen. No Excuses. No gifts.
3 comments:
The last sentence is the best thing you've ever put on this blog. And there are no hills in the Austin marathon.
as per the marathon web site the course goes through the capital this year.
http://www.youraustinmarathon.com/images/stories/course/raceroute-100105.pdf
Mike, I think you must be looking at the map on the marathon app. The course goes through the capitol grounds, not around it. Mile 26 is already marked in the driveway on the east side of the Capitol.
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