New month, new adventure – how ‘bout an inaugural run in my own backyard?

Grassroots event connecting two Front Range communities, Fort Collins-to-Loveland.  Six days after marathoning Austria’s Wachau Valley?  Heck yeah, sign me up 😊

45-minute commute on the Diagonal.  Last-minute registration (not on the Maniac calendar).  Bib pick-up, shirt swag.  12 hours later, driving 287 North to Fort Collins.  City Park Field, home of CSU baseball.  Sunshiny skies & autumn CHILL.  FAAANNNTASTIC!

SUPER EXCITED to be HOME.  Five of SEVEN weeks logging miles outside Team USA borders.  Whose life am I living?  Dream BIG, stay prayed up.  Don’t set a bar.

Slow outta the blocks, hanging with the 4:30 group today.  Short-time between marathons, whole lotta travel, Colorado elevation – but HOME.  Using that energy for 15 miles.

Garmin queued.  big SMILE.  Last-minute announcements.  Ready to run.

City street, five miles.  Bike path run-remainder to Loveland.  Not a huge fan of concrete (no bounce/little give) but much appreciated vibes of the happy folks around me.

Porta-potty stop; musta zoned.  Never saw my pace group again ‘til after the Half.  They were BEHIND me.  Huh?

BIG sun.  Super thankful for the chill.  No trees on the High Plains.  Bike-path mix of rolling hills, long stretches of FLAT.  Threw a few 9:30/min miles late in the race.  Wind lucky too.  This close to Wyoming & no headwind or cross-breeze?  WOW day.

Pace-slowed, lapped at marker 23 – but didn’t drop far behind the pack as I rolled downtown.  Finished & finished STRONG.  Geez, it’s good to be back home.  Marathon #165, Colorado #20.  Who’d have thought?  TWENTY marathons in my home state alone.

Keep dreamin’ folks.  Absolutely ANYTHING is POSSIBLE ❤️

 

2019 Long View – Marathon

Fort Collins to Loveland, Colorado, 10/05/2019

Race Scored by: RUNLIMITED LLC

 

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* OVERALL MARATHON RESULTS *

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77     K R Haga    M     4:38:32

 

 

Long View Marathon

 

 

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