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Not much to say. It ended up being sunny for 10 of the 13 miles. The "help" I expected from the wind on the first half of the race wasn't as much as I'd hoped. Around 4.5 miles I knew I was screwed. I felt good, but there wasn't another 8.5 in me and it was just getting hotter. Since the...

Positive split? Nailed it :coffee:

It will be 62 at the start and 67 at finish. Wind will be 13-15mph (better than expected). Looks like no rain, but overcast. Wind will be from the south tomorrow, which is abnormal here. Based on the course layout, I'm going to positive split (it's inevitable, so may as well go with it)...

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Lol, now it's 81/63 for the day. Same wind, likely no rain ☠️

Early weather report for HM on 4/27 with gun at 8:00. Hi/Lo : 75/62 Rain : 50% Wind : 15-25mph :sadbanana: We have a freeze warning tonight...can't it hang on???!!

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Agreed! @Zasada - phenomenal report. This is going to make me work a little harder to BQ for 2026. Glad you got such a memorable experience :towelwave:

So awesome @Juxtatarot ... you are such a badass! Great race. It feels like you have tweaking "normal" training over the past few races and it's been working well. Very happy for you!

Get er done :towelwave: :towelwave::towelwave:

Yeah, my HM is on 4/27. I started out with a shorter training cycle than usual then got sick...as you mentioned. I've been barreling through, but HM training is always exhausting with the amount of hard workouts. I've adapted to make it less strenuous than what I did last time, but it's...

Congrats on pushing through. Your distances are ridiculous as is and then to fight through the gut issues is even more impressive. Even though it didn't go the way you planned (I imagine anything at this distance never will), you still came away with what you needed. Glad it ended in success...

I'm still sick. I was feeling a little better for a day or 2 but now it's back. My oldest (patient zero of this thing) was better for about 4 days but is now rocking a 104 temp. I'm just running through it at this point, which is miserable. This springs HM is going to be pretty bad, but...

Fudge :sadbanana: https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/39507083/marathon-world-record-holder-kelvin-kiptum-24-dies-car-crash

Great races/finishes for both men and women. Storylines across the board will make for some fun reads and lead ups to the Olympics 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸