Rose&Mike
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2008
It looks like most people had a good race.
I love the W&D. It is by far my favorite race. But I do think it is tough. The late night start is challenging. The course is definitely narrow and curvy in places. But I really do enjoy it.
I was about a minute slower than last year, which really frustrated me, because last year it was warmer and I was running injured. Mike kept telling me--it was warm and humid, and I kept thinking, yes but cooler than last year.
I think it is all kind of relative. It was cooler, but it is cooler at home too, so our training runs have been at temps about 20 degrees below the temps the night of the race. And I think the very long slow runs I have been doing for marathon training have just slowed me down overall, but not in a bad way. The marathon training is what matters right now, but after January I am going to start working on speed. I really would like to get my half time down.
I thought the finish was fabulous this year! This was also the first year that I was really able to enjoy the after party. I felt too cruddy the first two years. I ate a salt packet when we finished running and felt great for the rest of the evening. We got back to our room at 4am.
My only real complaint would be that they did a poor job directing people to buses at 3:30am. Folks were walking all the way around to the SSR stop without realizing where the buses were parked. It just wasn't that obvious at that time of night.
I love the W&D. It is by far my favorite race. But I do think it is tough. The late night start is challenging. The course is definitely narrow and curvy in places. But I really do enjoy it.
I was about a minute slower than last year, which really frustrated me, because last year it was warmer and I was running injured. Mike kept telling me--it was warm and humid, and I kept thinking, yes but cooler than last year.
I think it is all kind of relative. It was cooler, but it is cooler at home too, so our training runs have been at temps about 20 degrees below the temps the night of the race. And I think the very long slow runs I have been doing for marathon training have just slowed me down overall, but not in a bad way. The marathon training is what matters right now, but after January I am going to start working on speed. I really would like to get my half time down.
I thought the finish was fabulous this year! This was also the first year that I was really able to enjoy the after party. I felt too cruddy the first two years. I ate a salt packet when we finished running and felt great for the rest of the evening. We got back to our room at 4am.
My only real complaint would be that they did a poor job directing people to buses at 3:30am. Folks were walking all the way around to the SSR stop without realizing where the buses were parked. It just wasn't that obvious at that time of night.