Something different

You might have noticed a theme here: Boats, Boats, Boats!

If you have read the “About” for this blog, you know this blog is not entirely dedicated to boats. if you didn’t, well this might shock you.

aside from boats, I have a strong passion for running. with that said, here are a few pictures.

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On april 12, 2014, I ran my first half marathon. thats 13.1 miles, 21.08 Km, 69217 ft, half the distance from marathon to athens, and what other units of distance you wish to use.

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Now there is one thing I must point out. At this time, I was still in High School, and it was the middle of my track season. the following Monday, my coach made me do 13.1 pushups. How does one do .1 push-ups?

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for this being my first half marathon, my time and place wasn’t bad. my age group place wasn’t great, but overall, i actually did better than i would have expected. I even predicted i would finish in with a 7:45 mile pace. I was only 26 faster than that.

Fast forward to the last weekend of september 2014. I once again returned to Harbor Springs, for the Little Traverse Half Marathon. This was the second annual running of the event. the previous year i had plans to run it, but shin splints got the best of me and prevented that from happening.

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The race started here

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went through here

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to here, then through Petosky State Park,

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finally ending down there.

Now, Harbor Springs and Bay Harbor are less than 3 miles apart. but you have Little traverse bay in the way. This particular race, i made the dumb choice to not train for. I some how finished in 1:52, and finished 1st in my age group. going back downstate the next day was terrible, however. that is not something that i plan to do again in the near future.

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With that said, The KLAA track season starts on Tuesday, March 31st. Best of luck to all athletes this season.

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