Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: Pasadena Marathon: 2008-11-16
Shameless plug for the home town...
If any trail runners are interested in some flatland running amongst hundreds of your fellow runners, there's the 1st annual Pasadena Marathon/Half Marathon/5K next month - Nov. 16th, 2008.
I did the LA half on its first year. Started from Griffith Park to downtown LA. It was cold in the morning and many including me did not have a jacket while waiting. Rookie mistake. _________________ I went out to the country so i could examine the simple things in life. Henry Thoreau
I did the LA half on its first year. Started from Griffith Park to downtown LA. It was cold in the morning and many including me did not have a jacket while waiting. Rookie mistake.
The way I see it you actually did a full marathon.
How'd it go? I did it too. Great course and perfect weather.
I don't think its been mentioned that the first Pasadena marathon was canceled (actually postponed to next year) because of unhealthful air due to the fires.
Rescheduled for March 22nd, 2009. Since the L.A. Marathon is no longer a March event (they moved it to later in the year), this is a good opportunity to still do a local run in March.
How'd it go? I did it too. Great course and perfect weather.
I don't think its been mentioned that the first Pasadena marathon was canceled (actually postponed to next year) because of unhealthful air due to the fires.
Sadly, I didn't go. I mysteriously injured my right calve 6 weeks ago which couldn't take the impact from flat running. I let it heal for 2 weeks and felt great while only running at 10% grade. I then tried running at 5% grade, and was great for 5 minutes, then I tweaked the muscle again. Given that it would take probably 3 weeks to recover, I wasn't going to do the race with only a week to build up any outdoor mileage.
How did your time compare to your Baldy race time? _________________ Joseph
Too bad about your injury. They have a way of timing themselves to occur before upcoming running events. Hope it's healed by now.
Funny you should ask about this 1/2 marathon compared with Baldy Run to the Top. My time for this one was 1:43 and that's 4 minutes slower than my Baldy time. I know I was in better shape for the Baldy run. So all in all, if you were in the same running shape for both, I'd say your times should be pretty equal for both races:
8 miles, but with 4K' gain, compared with 13.1 miles of a rolling course.
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Join! (free) 
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
