Thursday, October 24, 2013

Notes From The Foot Whisperer: The Joys of a Half Marathon

Half marathons are such attractive races for so many reasons. Training-wise, the time put towards a full marathon versus a half marathon seems to be exponential. Race-wise, that fatigue element, normally doesn’t even come in to play when running a half marathon. I ran three full marathons before running my first Half. It just happened that way. And it was so relieving to cross the finish line, and have no lingering fatigue or achiness. And probably the neatest thing about a half marathon, is that just about anyone who runs, can run a half. And it still has the word, “marathon” attached to it.

Last Saturday, October 19, a thousand people came out to run the 8th Annual Buffalo Creek Half Marathon. What a fun time, not only for the participants. But also for the volunteers. And yours truly got to ham it up as the MC. Just standing there and witnessing some of the most inspiring people to cross the finish line, as well as some very close friends who inspire me daily. It was a privilege!

The men’s winner, Nick Eddinger, ran a masterful race, crossing the finish line with a new course record. The women’s record was also broken by Sara Raschiatore, who held the former record. Both won cash prizes as record breakers.

We were honored with a visit at the finish line by a friend of the Butler-Freeport Rails to Trails, Rick Davanzatti. Please everyone keep Rick in your prayers as he is quite ill.

The proceeds of this event all goes towards the maintenance and extension of the rails to trails. And who knows? Maybe one day, we will have a full marathon on the Butler-Freeport Rails To Trails!! And hopefully, I’ll continue to be the “Ham behind the mike!”

Happy running!

~Ed

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