Picture by Molly Barrett of Ryan's
Picture by me.
Left to right:
Dorrel (Alan) Whinery (me) 6:22:35, Fifth Marathon
Steve Miller 8:01:18, Second Marathon
Jim Metz 6:37:17, Fourth Marathon
For some reason, the question "why put yourself through this?" doesn't get asked too often. I'm not sure why that is, but I'm glad, because I haven't a clue. It's an exercise thing, but given that, why do the big thing on the 2nd Sunday in December? Maybe for the cameraderie, maybe for the thrill, maybe for the penance. Veni Vidi Bibendi. In 2004, the weather was perfect, the leaders broke course records, and my stiffness didn't even last until evening that day. I tangled with my own course record, 16 years later, and feeling strong enough to do as well as I did at 26 was a nice touch. I was shooting for 6:45, but I realized at about mile 15 that I was on schedule for a sub-15-minute average mile time, without running a single step. Once you break into the miles above 20, they still get longer, but this Marathon was over all too quickly.
(Click on thumbnails to see bigger versions of each picture below.)
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Picture by Molly Barrett of Ryan's |
Picture by me.
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Left to right: Dorrel (Alan) Whinery (me) 6:22:35, Fifth Marathon Steve Miller 8:01:18, Second Marathon Jim Metz 6:37:17, Fourth Marathon
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 Steve shows up! |
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 After the gun; Steve says, "nobody's moving, let's watch the fireworks." |
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 Her t-shirt says: IT'S MY HEALTHY FOR AND THE PARADISE DAY Right on, man... |
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 Jim jumps out from behind a bush in mile 2. |
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 #21122: 9:10:47 #7291: 7:14:09 #7247: 6:08:52 |
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 My pic of Gary in Mile 10, taking a picture of me. |
 Gary's picture of me in mile 10. #3756: 7:55:36 #5636: 7:12:49 #32491: 9:38:43 Santa Girl #31447: 5:54:20 |
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 #691: 6:52:14 #1861: 4:31:22 #28663: 7:57:24 #27874: 6:43:27 #29648: 7:40:52 #31863: 5:49:21 |
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 Jim found enough money on the ground during the Marathon to break even on his $15 entry fee. |
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 Tim Keck, #6132: 6:28:31, Jim took up with Tim somewhere around mile 10. He's wearing the t-shirt From the first HM that I ever entered (A wet one; I stayed in bed.) |
 The Just Marrieds in mile 17. |
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 The just marrieds again. Yuko Takezaki #20557: 06:20:52 Masayoshi Takezaki #20556: 06:20:50 He was a full 2 seconds ahead of her? No, MarathonFoto shows otherwise. |
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 TheBus. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh. |