so what was my natural reaction? I registered for the amica newport marathon on sunday, october 17. here we go again! I ran the half at this event last fall, and had the greatest time ever training for it because I got to do all my long training runs on the actual course. it winds along ocean road and up bellevue avenue past all the mansions. gorgeous. the late summer/early fall weather made for some awesome runs. then came race morning: 37 degrees, sleet, gale-force winds whipping the rain in our faces and pushing giant waves over the seawall and onto runners on ocean road. it was AWFUL. people were running in trashbags; they had to set up a special triage tent at the finish line to treat runners for hypothermia.
worst running weather of all time
my rationale is that the weather cannot, short of a tornado, be worse than it was last year. I've got nothing to lose and so much to gain - and I'm excited to have a new running goal now that seattle is behind me.
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