Run to Win

It has now been a week since the second running of the Cox Sports Marathon in Providence, Rhode Island. This is the race that I won last year, and I was looking to repeat again this year.

New Course Analysis

The course this year was completely different than last year, with a different start and finish line and much more extensive use of the local paved trail system. Rather than going north of Providence through Pawtucket, the course spent more time towards the South near Barrington. All in all, I rather liked the new course despite taking some of the hills away. There were a few problems with the new course, though.
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Labor Day up here in Maine usually means a lot of traffic as tourists try to get up here for one last weekend, a cook out with family and friends before everybody’s kids go back to school (or right after they go back to school) and the official start of Autumn around here, which will last about a month and a half and then it will be Winter. (Yes, I know that the dates don’t match what the calendar says, but this is Maine.)

Well, Labor Day Weekend meant something different to Chuck Engle. For Chuck, it meant that it was a good opportunity to fly around the country winning marathons.

Chuck is no stranger to back to back marathons, having won 60 of his 100 top 3 finishes over the past 5 years. He’s been on the podium or in the money more than any other athlete in the marathon since the turn of the century. As far as I am aware, though, this is the first time that he’s attempted to win back to back to back marathons.
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