Sunday morning dawned with perfect weather for the marathon! Perfect, that is, if your idea of perfect is cold and rainy. While the marathon started earlier, the half marathon started at a very civilized 9AM. We ran mostly on city and neighborhood streets. One part gives a nice overlook of downtown Boise. (Yes it’s after a nice sized hill!) But after that it’s downhill along the road next to the University and past the capitol to zigzag your way to the finish. It was still cold and wet the entire time. There are pictures – in the beginning- of people standing around with umbrellas. Never a good sign as you’re looking out the hotel window! As the pictures go on, if you notice a smudge near the center of the picture, it’s a raindrop that I didn’t notice. There’s also a cute picture of a squirrel on someone’s porch having his way with a pumpkin!
After the race – there was soup for the cold runners, and cold beer for extra carbs! Also, the shirt this year was a nice performance fabric shirt. I will really enjoy it!

Next year, a new date! They’re moving to October 7, 2007. See you there!

-Christina

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