Miami (half) Marathon
It was a beautiful morning for a run in Miami.
-wake-up time: 4.45 am
-time on metrorail, from Earlington Heights to Government Center: 15 minutes
-the course.
-start time: 6am
-temperature: 70
-number of people I ran with: 11,000?
-cruise ships passed: 4
-bridges traversed: 6
-causeways travelled: 2
-sunrises seen: 1
-port-o-john stops: 2
-cups of water taken: 4
-cup of gatorade: 1
-power gels consumed: 1
-glimpses of the man in the gold daisy dukes: 2
-prostitutes along the way: 2
-crazy homeless folks who joined the run for a bit: 3
-collapsed runners: 1
-miles run: 13.13 (that extra .03 is what I figure I traveled from the shotgun start to the actual starting line...which took me about 5 minutes in the slow traffic)
-marathoners who finished all 26.2 before I finished 13.1: 0 (phew!)
-race time: 2:09:47
-pace/mile: 9:55 (geez! that's too slow! we'll run faster next time, or at least take fewer bathroom breaks.)
post race details:
-bananas consumed: 2
-power bars: 1
-orange slices: 9
-bottles of water: 1
-parents found: 2
-pictures taken: 7
-salsa bands playing: 1
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