Cox Rhode Island Marathon
I now own a marathon course record.
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Holy crap!! and that’s all we get!! Have some sympathy on us, Blaine! Jeeesh!!
Congratulations! I’d offer more, but I’ll wait for the full report.
Congrats!! That’s excellent!
Unbelievable! Many congratulations Blaine!! I saw what you ran but won’t spoil it for the others. Can’t wait to read all about it…
–Steve
Thanks all! I stopped at the business center in my hotel right before I checked out to put this quick note up, but then I went back down to the race to cheer on the 5 and 6 hour runners for a couple of hours before the awards ceremony.
I considered writing up my race report last night, but I’m glad I decided not to. I had to drive home from Providence, it was a pretty long day, and I was exhausted and just wanted to lay around with my cat before going to bed early.
I’ll be writing up a detailed report tonight. If you want to read a bit about the race, there’s an article about it in the Providence Journal.