Thoughts from this weekend
- One 13 oz bottle is not enough for a 50 miler with aid stations spread 7 miles apart.
- Race Directors take note: You don’t need a friggin balloon arch and loud music to have a successful event. Tone it down a bit. John had a megaphone and a killer course and that’s all.
- If you’re running with someone who came in third in their age group at Boston Marathon, slow the hell down.
- Jesse Barragan is a stud. He slowed down at mile 48 with a cramp, and next thing he knew he was woken up by Denise Bourassa (who happens to be a nurse.) Dude passed out standing up, and was lying in the dirt when she found him. He still finished the race in just over 9 hours.
- Those Ultraspire cups are really, really lame. They smelled like new garden hose, the aid station volunteers were complaining about them, and I didn’t see anyone using them. I overheard one runner say “can’t we find another way to help out the environment?”
- Remodeling the garage does not count as tapering.
- I’m very impressed with the Scott T2 Kinabalu shoes. They were perfect for that race.
- This was the second time I’ve had major dehydration (dark brown pee) and it really screws me up. Gotta get better at that.
- If your wife and/or kids are sick the day before a race, leave them at home.
- I finished 45 minutes past my “A” goal, but now I’ve got Mt Diablo next weekend to make it up. Sorry, legs.