(Left) - Packet Pick-up - BR and Race Director Joe Duncan (Right) Mark, BR, and Tom
Barefoot Rick's Heart of America Marathon Report - September 1, 2008
Factoids:
Temperature at start - 73 Degrees F -- 95%
Humidty (The last time it was in the 70s at the
start was in 2000!)
Finish Time - 4:09:36
Pace - 9:31
Temperature at Finish 81 Degrees F -- 89% Humidity
My slowest of six Heart of America Marathons (see below)
55th Marathon
37th Consecutive Barefoot Marathon Since April 2004
*Ran the entire distance
(Left) - Packet Pick-up - BR and Race Director Joe Duncan
(Right) Mark, BR, and Tom
BR and last year's winner Chuck Engle
Out on Hatchery Road at about mile 10, negotiating 3 miles
of gravel road.
Mark and BR enjoying the ice-bath at the Finish Line!
Feelin' Groovy!
| Past Heart of America Marathon
Reports
Heart
of America Marathon - September 4, 2000 (Finish Time - 3:46:36) |
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*I am a marathon runner and do not prescribe to a run/walk method for MY marathons. Likewise, I do not judge anyone else for "finishing" a marathon in whatever way they can propel themselves across the finish line, whether it be walking, crawling, etc. All marathon finishes are notable in their own regard.