One last post not about art or Mineral King. We’ll resume our normal broadcasting schedule topics tomorrow.
There are many ways to participate in the multiple events of the Lake Tahoe Marathon weekend; walking partner T and I chose to walk the 1/2 marathon on Sunday, October 9.
We’ve been planning and training for awhile.
T and I finished the 1/2 marathon with an average pace of 4.1 mph. This placed us at numbers 513 and 514 out of 536 participants. It was 3 hours and 15 minutes of very fast walking. My Garmin showed the distance to be 13.39 miles instead of 13.1.
Worth it? Yes, for the friendship factor. No, for the way I felt afterward and the amount of hassles to go there and back. Shoot, our motel was so cheap there wasn’t even a coffee maker in the room! But oh my, T is so much fun, and we laughed and laughed and talked and laughed for 2 days straight.
Thank you, Marjie! It was by turns hard, easy, fun, not fun. . . still questioning why we felt the need, but I think it was for the physical challenge and definitely for the friendship.
Just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed your side trip away from Tulare County to points north. You are brave to try a marathon–congratulations on finishing! At least you did see some beautiful scenery and, as you mentioned, laughed a lot!
1/2, Sharon, just a 1/2 marathon. And thank you for enjoying my diversionary posts. . . I often wonder why I blather on and on, so I truly appreciate your feedback.
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… love, love, love your road trip –
Aw shucks, thank you Diane! You are the best blog reader ever!
Wow, Jana, I think it’s great you did 13 miles in 3 hours and 15 minutes! I could not even conceive of doing that. Good, good job! Marjie
Thank you, Marjie! It was by turns hard, easy, fun, not fun. . . still questioning why we felt the need, but I think it was for the physical challenge and definitely for the friendship.
Just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed your side trip away from Tulare County to points north. You are brave to try a marathon–congratulations on finishing! At least you did see some beautiful scenery and, as you mentioned, laughed a lot!
1/2, Sharon, just a 1/2 marathon. And thank you for enjoying my diversionary posts. . . I often wonder why I blather on and on, so I truly appreciate your feedback.
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