Now that the NETT crew from the Vermont City Marathon and relay finally dried out from all that rain, Eminem sent in their race report.
"I cannot say enough
about what a resolute team we have. Despite unbelievably bad weather --
powerful rain, temps that felt like mid-30s, and very strong winds -- no one
even considered backing out. Not even Soggy Shoes Cyrulik!
Everyone was at their
appointed spots at their appointed times, everyone ran as though the sun was
shining. Marshall doled extra sets of warm clothing to under-prepared team
mates, Noah stood shivering at the starting line in his NETT singlet, Tina
provided her hotel room for soggy mini ponies between running legs, and Amanda
ran nine miles just to keep me company. Daniel -- who didn't have to run at
all…I had recommended he stay home -- stood out at mile 20 waiting for me to
arrive, (after waiting for Noah at his transition) and ran through puddles to
pace me to the finish line at 3:57.
And Frank and Emma
(dressed fashionably from head to toe in rain gear) watched the start and the
finish. As for Zack and Chris, they ran as though propelled by beet juice and
refined sugar. (Okay…they WERE propelled by beet juice and refined
sugar).
I wouldn't recommend
running a "Marathon Splashdown" (as the Burlington Free Press called
it), but if you're going to run one, my recommendation would be to join NETT
first.
The Chrono Track results
have more info than the coolrunning ones. They divide the relay into all
the various categories -- so you can see that NETT came 2nd out of 383 teams:
The individual ones are
cool on Chrono track too -- you see the person's stats, as well as a video of
the person finishing: http://results.bazumedia.com/event/results/event/event-1873 (You
just type the person's name in). Tina's official finishing time was 3:54:10;
mine was 3:57:33 NETT's relay time was 2:51:11."
4 comments:
Way to go you crazy NETT'ers! I was running with you in spirit & was tracking you the whole way!!
I thought I felt a creepy stalker-like presence! (Plus, I was sure I could hear the crackling of candy wrappers). Missed you!!!
Karyn,
I think you enjoy rainy marathons. Remembering Bay State washout a few years ago.
Nice running and support by everone!
-youngstah-
I don't know if I'd say I like them Paul...but you have a point. That crazy Bay State Marathon was my PR (could it have been the banana you handed me at mile 18??). I kept thinking about that marathon as the weather forecasts got worse for this one. Figured I'd done it once and survived... :)
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