Grandma's Marathon is a marathoner's marathon. A scenic location, net downhill, and high probability of great racing weather. People go to Grandma's to run fast, so it was a perfect place to take one more attempt at chasing a sub 3 marathon.
Note: Based on a clock at the 20 mile marker, I believed that we had come through at 2hours and 20 minutes. Due to a typo, I incorrectly labelled this as 2hr2min. I thought I had 40 minutes left to cover 10k.
Note 2: the course clock was off by about 5 minutes for some reason. Ben told me that we had more like 44 minutes to cover the last 10k.
Thank you to Ben Johnson for agreeing to pace me for this race. There were so many times where this run could have fallen apart, but he really held it all together. This day would have turned out completely different without Ben.
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disclosures: thank you to ASICS for providing the shoes, singlet, race bib, and travel accommodations for this race.
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The Charity Runner of the Week, Uplifted by ASICS, is Tracey Smith, who is running the Final Fall 20 mile race at the Fox Valley Marathon as part of the Just Roots Charity Team. Just Roots operates two sustainable farms in the Chicagoland area where they grow fruits and vegetables and provide educational programming, both of which make a direct impact on the health and wellness of the community. I've donated $100 and ASICS is donating $400 to support a fellow runner.
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