Well this year for Halloween I decided to dress as a person who just ran a virtual Marine Corps Marathon during a global pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus. Oddly specific for a Halloween costume I know, but I think it has possibilities.
I ran my second MCM in 4 hours and 14 minutes today, average pace of 9:42 per mile. We had great weather for it too, unlike last year’s epic deluge. Of course that is one advantage of picking your own day! Nicole was the one-woman cheering squad while Kori and I ran our legs off. For only having a vague route plan (basically amounting to “run laps around Hains Point and stop when the Garmin says 26.2”) we managed to finish at nearly the same time and very close to Nicole’s base.
I’m lucky that I still got to enjoy the monuments on my solo run.
That’s my last race for 2020. Everything has been deferred to next year. Actually the MCM was too (we chose to do the virtual option anyway) so I’m automatically signed up for next year’s marathon already.
