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Foot traffic flat2/24/2024 ![]() As such, my pre-race plan of a mid-range 3:05 was scraped and I decided to see if I could squirm in under 3:10.įor the first three miles or so I was on pace. I thought perhaps the race might add an aid station or two, or even move them to locations which mesh better (having one aid station from mile 21.9 to 25.5 doesn’t seem to make much sense even on a cool day) but alas nothing was changed. Given the nature of the course, with little shade and open spaces, this could be quite a problem. While the 90-degree plus temperatures of a few days prior had abated, there was still a call for some warm temperatures for the day. Other than the rolling hills in the course here and there what most concerned me were the aid stations – or lack thereof. It bills itself as “flat” (it is in the name) but I guess that is all relative. This race has gotten immensely popular in Portland the last few years for a variety of reasons. But we listened to the nagging feeling in our guts and instead were beyond relived to not be like the fuming line of runners wishing they were not still stuck in traffic.įirst 6 miles: 7:06, 6:37, 7:15, 7:34, 7:05, 7:17 As we streamed down the road, a hundred or so cars and three shuttles, inched along in the opposite direction.Undoubtedly, we would have been on one of those shuttles. As we parked our car and raced across a field to the start, we had about 90 seconds before the race began.
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