Saturday Vern ran a half marathon. The first one in decades. A 1/2 marathon is 13.1 miles long. The temps were in the 40s, sunny and breezy. There were 520 registered for the 1/2 marathon and 461 finished. Vern finish 278th overall in 2 hrs. 12 mins. and was 7th in his age group (60-64). You have to remember no road here is straight or flat. The course wound its way up into the mountains and then back down. What a course for a first 1/2 marathon when you have not run one in years. With going up into the mountains they had some great views looking out over the valley.
They also had 4 person teams for the marathon with each person running 6 and 1/2 miles. Some of the team names were -- Men at work, Miz fits, Limp a ling, 4 lousy golfers, 4 decades, and others. One team was made up of members all over 60. All the proceeds from the races went to Garden Spot Retirement Village. ( 62 and over)
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