A Runner's Ramblings: Volume 17; 5th and 6th Editions 91.7 miles raced in 2023 races Race: Prairie Series Half Marathon South Dakota and North Dakota Place: Baltic, SD and Wahpeton ND Miles from home: 246 miles and 201 miles Weather: Mid 50s; humid; kinda smoky
A year ago on the day when I started these back to back half marathons, I was on my third straight day of running six back-to-back half-marathons in New England. I can tell you today as I relax back home, that I’m very happy I’m not running another half marathon! Which is more a testament to how it is amazing what people can do when they decide to do a specific goal than anything else. Knowing going into the endeavor last year that I was doing six in a row last year, I am convinced I couldn't do another. Bu
I knew both of these races would not exactly be my favorite type of course going in, so I’m hardly surprised to say that both more or less fit my expectation. There’s no way I can say this without someone still reading into it incorrectly, but I am going to try anyway. The people who put on the Mainly Marathons seem to be very nice people indeed. They know what the vast majority of their runners want and have provided that. A warm and welcoming atmosphere where even the slowest of the slow receive a very n