Seven of the Twentysixers ran the Long beach Marathon on Sunday.

We had trouble finding Art before the start but somehow he found us around mile one and Olga was trying to qualify for Boston so we didn’t see her, she must have been up near the front jockeying for position. It was a swell day for nice long training run where you get a medal at the end; the six of us were using the race as a long slow training run for another race. It was a bright and sunny morning and the sunshine lasted all day long but thankfully it never got too hot due to a nice cool breeze. The support for the race was quite good although the sign we saw at mile 5 was kind of demoralizing.

It was one of those sign that tells you how fast you’re driving and it said: 06 miles per hour. Not a bad 10 minute pace but when you are used to seeing them say 40 miles per hour you feel kinda slow! Anyhow it was a little crowded here and there until we reached the turn off  where the full marathoners separate from the half marathoners which is where the men are separated from the boys.

Art and I picked up the pace a bit at this point. Art felt great the entire race and I hit a rough spot around the 18 mile mark but then felt fine again around mile 22 or so. It’s interesting how you can feel lousy for a while and then feel good again during a race. All four girls running with us, Laura, Laurie, Kerry and Phyllis had near perfect splits for the whole race and finished feelin’ great.

All in all a great run for us all.

Tags: Long beach Marathon, marathon, Marathon Training, Races, Training Programs

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