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New Jersey Shore Marathon (2002)

Date: 2002-04-28
Location: Long Branch, NJ
Finish Time: 3:22:12
Official Results
Race Website

Highlights:

Third marathon, third PR
Being young enough to think that new PRs would just keep happening
Marathon still called “Jersey Shore Marathon”, MTV’s Jersey Shore seven years away from forcing this race to change its name

Low-lights:

Rain, lots of rain
Unfortunate spandex tights photographed, Syracuse visor forgotten
Always heard that first marathon was to make mistakes, second marathon was to learn from those mistakes and any marathon thereafter was because you were too stupid to quit…am too stupid to quit

Thanks:

The Newton Family for letting me crash at their house before and after this race.

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Date: 2001-11-24
Location: Sparks, MD
Finish Time: 3:25:53
Official Results
Race Website

Highlights:

A new PR by 50 seconds is still a new PR
NCR trail quiet, scenic, flat
Post – Thanksgiving marathon one way to justify amount of food consumed over the previous two days

Low-lights:

Family & friends attendance drops by 300%, starting to think watching a marathon not as fun as running one

Thanks:

Bill Moran for sticking it out for marathon number 2, driving me to and from the race and providing the only photographic evidence of my participation in this race.

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Date: 2001-10-07
Location: Corning, NY
Finish Time: 3:26:43
Official Results
Race Website

Highlights:

First marathon, automatic PR
Finisher medal courtesy of the Corning Museum of Glass one of the coolest out there
Complimentary bottle of champagne given to finishers, will drink it when I’m done with all 50 states

Low-lights:

Complimentary bottle of champagne probably won’t taste so hot by the time I’m done with all 50 states
That shortcut from Syracuse to Corning through Ithaca, not actually a shortcut
Thought this marathon running was going to be a one time thing

Thanks:

Marge and Bill Moran for making the trip from D.C. to Corning to support me in my first marathon.
Odette for making the trip down from Syracuse to support me.
Katie Moran for making her one and only appearance at a marathon to support me…or because Marge and Bill made her go.

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