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Location:

Columbus,IN,United States

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2016

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K - 23:39:1 / Abby Brinkman 5K 2016

8K - 41:49.9 / Turkey Trot 8K 2018

10K - 50:58.2 / Rock N Ready 10K Run 2016

10K - 47:47.2 / Katie McBurnett 2019

Half-Marathon - 01:56:07 / Hilly Half of Brown County 2016

Marathon - 4:08:10 / Indianapolis Monumental Marathon 2016

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Blue Ghost 14 Lifetime Miles: 493.56
Purple Ghost 14 Lifetime Miles: 28.32
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
27.270.0027.27

Overall Average Pace: 12:18

Conditions:

  • ​39 degrees
  • NE 10 mph

Thoughts:

  • This was the marathon of the Dopey Challenge. I set the "coach" feature on Map my Run to pace my son and I at 12:30. He wanted to run the entire course. Based upon our 3 previous races this seemed like an achievable goal. 
  • There were 25,000+ participants at the marathon. Surprisingly, this was the easiest day to manage crowd congestion. It seemed that walkers and runners understood race etiquette so we rarely had to weave around slower individuals or groups.During the times that we got bottlenecked, my son and I just stayed where we were and eventually space opened up for us to regain our pace.
  • My son finished running the entire course! We finished slightly under our goal pace. The biggest shock was how much extra mileage we ran since we really avoided weaving.
  • It was a good 4 days to share and experience with my son. Happily, we will NEVER do this event again! It really is "dopey."

Brooks Ghost 9 Miles: 27.27
Comments
From Tom K on Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 19:45:40 from 174.58.51.37

Congratulations to you and your son! Going unofficial Dopey is a big deal. You did a ton of running this weekend! Great running!

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