- No danger of heat related injury
- Extreme weight loss due to skin sloughing from chafing
- Slower start due to frozen muscles
- Quicker finish because I just want to get dry
- More throw away clothing to be donated to the homeless
- Fewer runners means more Ultima and Liquid Gold--blech, acutally not so positive
- Fewer runners = smaller age groups = increased chance of 4+ hour marathoner winning prize (ie me!)
- Fewer spectators to disturb my focus
- Fewer runners to take spectators attention, so I get more cheers
- When I finish a rainy marathon, I am truly studly!
Weather forecast for the Portland Marathon:
Showers. High near 64. West southwest wind between 9 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
4 comments:
You will be awesome. Good running tomorrow.
Juanita, you are going to do GREAT! Have you considered maybe having someone at a cheer point (or 2) with a dry bag of clothes.
30 secs of a shirt change might be worth it.?
Wishing you the very best!!! Can't wait to read the RR :)
Can't wait to read the RR. I hope it's your best one yet.
I think it's the ultimate badass thing to do to finish a marathon in the pouring rain. GOOD LUCK!!! :)
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