LA Marathon Results
June 1, 2009 - Last week I ran the 25th City of Los Angeles Marathon. It was my third time
running LA and my 8th marathon in total. Despite some
significant changes including the race being run on Memorial Day instead
of early March, everything (including the weather) turned out great!
I finished in 3:42:21, 800/14,225 overall and
98/1017 in my division. Although not a PR, I had a great time and
thoroughly enjoyed the return to the old course!
I now have my sites on a new kind of challenge: The
Pikes Peak Ascent. Here’s a description from
their website:
“A Journey to the Top and Perhaps Back
The Pikes Peak Ascent® and Pikes
Peak Marathon® will redefine what you call running. Sure,
they start out like a lot of races on Any Street,
USA. But your first left turn will have
you turning in the direction of up! During the next 10 miles, as you
gain almost 6,000 vertical feet, your legs, lungs, heart and mind will
be worn to a ragged nothingness. But it won’t be until your last three
miles, with still over 2,000' of vertical to go, that you will realize
where the Marathon got its moniker—America’s Ultimate Challenge.
There’s a reason trees don’t bother growing above
12,000' on Pikes Peak. They can’t!
Makes one wonder if trees are smarter than runners. Above treeline most
runners take 30 minutes or more, some much more, just to cover a mile.
What little air remains can’t satisfy the endless stream of zombies
hoping only to survive their next step—a death march right out of a
scene from Dawn of the Dead. Adding insult to injury,
it might start to snow!”
I’ll keep you posted on this next race,
but in the meantime, I’m open to training suggestions if you have them!
