Walker North Country Marathon
Date: 2012-09-15
Location: Walker, MN
Finish Time: 3:42:50
Official Results
Race Website
Local Brewery
Highlights:
- Found the beginning of the Mississippi River, convinced family to stop in front of a large statue of Paul Bunyan and Babe, took in a game at Target Field
- Random Bald Eagle fly-by just before the marathon start, beautiful course incorporating the Paul Bunyan Trail and other, less paved, routes through Chippewa National Forest
- Surprisingly quick return flight from Minneapolis, now have expensive medical proof that I possess an extremely healthy, “textbook” heart (see below)
Low-lights:
- 61 year old guy with a scraggly Santa Claus beard blew by me at the 25 mile mark
- Passed out and threw up on the flight home, spent the subsequent 24 hrs in the hospital
- Had to listen to overweight, non-running, medical professional misappropriate the ironic circumstances surrounding the death of Jim Fixx in an attempt to characterize marathon running as, “lunacy”
Thanks:
- To Marge and Bill for traveling all the way out to Minnesota, setting the family up with such nice accommodations and helping out with Luke throughout the trip.
- To Shannon for agreeing to yet another marathon trip involving air travel and a small child.
- To John and Lucy for coming up to Minneapolis for a mini family reunion.
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