Myrtle Beach 2008
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We had a nice crew going to Myrtle Beach this year. The two Pauls were shooting to push Dougherty below his 3:16 needed for Boston, Susi was pacing Jeri in her first race back from her ankle injury, and I was finally trying to break 3 hours.
Jeri and Susi ran a comfortable half, Jeri’s injury thankfully a thing of the past. Being the great supporters they are, I could hear them yelling as I finished right on target in 2:57:40 (top 20!). The last six miles were brutal, the long straightaways of this race a terrible mental test.
In maximum dramatic form, Dougherty finished with three seconds to spare (3:15:56), with Martino not far behind in a season-best 3:19:37.
We all earned our post-race massages (great free massage tent), and I even had my first beer of 2008.
I’m not very fond of Myrtle Beach itself, and the race is too straight and flat to be enjoyable to me, but the crowd was great and the whole atmosphere was nice for a mid-sized race.
We had a nice crew going to Myrtle Beach this year. The two Pauls were shooting to push Dougherty below his 3:16 needed for Boston, Susi was pacing Jeri in her first race back from her ankle injury, and I was finally trying to break 3 hours.
Jeri and Susi ran a comfortable half, Jeri’s injury thankfully a thing of the past. Being the great supporters they are, I could hear them yelling as I finished right on target in 2:57:40 (top 20!). The last six miles were brutal, the long straightaways of this race a terrible mental test.
In maximum dramatic form, Dougherty finished with three seconds to spare (3:15:56), with Martino not far behind in a season-best 3:19:37.
We all earned our post-race massages (great free massage tent), and I even had my first beer of 2008.
I’m not very fond of Myrtle Beach itself, and the race is too straight and flat to be enjoyable to me, but the crowd was great and the whole atmosphere was nice for a mid-sized race.