第53 个马拉松 时光过得真快,转眼就春暖花开了,Irving马拉松3/27 如期举行。记得上一个马拉松是在情人节(2/14)跑的。那天漫天大雪,德州经历着罕见的大降温,而Gym内温暖如春。我是在跑步机上跑的42.2 KM,真是熬人。那时就盼望着,In-Person 的实地马拉松快快到来。如同盼望着春天的到来一样,对实地马拉松,人们充满了期待。 今天,果然是枪响之后,人群涌出,没过多久戴着口罩跑的人们纷纷扒下口罩,丢弃在地。去你妈的吧口罩!我们可解放了! 什么是自由呀?能够自由的呼吸,自由奔放的跑步。在大好的春光下,回到大自然里才是真正的自由。以下几张照片简单记录了那天跑步的画面,几乎没人戴口罩。
我一直跟着5小时PACER 跑。
Irving 马拉松我跑了好多次了,不知不觉中我已经变成了参赛年龄最大者了。 Irving马拉松是跑2 次 半程马拉松路线。 我马上要跑完第一次半程去绕转折点了。然而,在跑完第一个半程马拉松,在绕过转折点后,却发生了错误。我一直跟随前面的跑者 ,跑着跑着发现13迈之后路边的迈程数显示与我的GPS表的数值不一致了,是在那里出了问题?当接近终点时,Garmin GPS表只有 24.7 迈!与26.2 迈的标准马拉松距离差了1.6迈。事后接到Irving马拉松官方的Email ,称我少跑了1.6迈的距离是在转折点之后。问题是,跑者们都是跟随前面的人跑,在我之前者,肯定也有缺失者,我也引得紧跟我跑的后面的人缺失了这段距离。这是每一个严肃跑者都不愿意看到的。引以为戒! 我又跑回到这个地方,跑过了终点线。这时Irving马拉松2021 就成为了过去! 第53块马拉松奖牌 展望未来,前面还有47个马拉松在等着我呢。我满怀信心,不着急,慢慢来! 一百个马拉松要一个一个跑,一个马拉松要一步一步跑。只要能跑你就不老。什么是幸福呀?就是还跑的动,还想跑!跑不动了谈什么幸福?
Irving 马拉松官方给我的 Email。 On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 8:51 PM, Irving Marathon
欧文马拉松官方致参赛者
我们在整理比赛日数据,感谢您耐心等待。 我们的团队对赛程数据深入分析后, 发现了马拉松路线完成距离的问题,您似乎缺失了周六的路线的某一部分。你没有完成 Promenade ,Carolyn 湖 PKWY ,O'Connor loop后,退到球场去完成第二个13.1环。这导致你周六跑的距离短了约1.6英里。 虽然参加者指南和马拉松路线图详细描述了该路线是 Laps 1 + 2 的精确重复,但我们认识到这是一个难以遵循的路线。由于新冠疫情、新的马拉松路线审批时间的延迟以及德 州的大严寒天气,我们无法简化程序,也无法达到所希望的志愿者支持水平和理想的路标指示。此外,显然许多跑者只是跟着前面的跑者在跑,这就使问题更加糟糕。 请放心,我们将从 5 月开始改进比赛的各个方面,以及今年的众多比赛,并期待在 2022 年马拉松周末奉献给大家新的改进路线。如果您愿意继续来跑 Irving 马拉松,请与我们联系,获得我们未来活动的免费注册。 在长期不能到户外参加比赛之后,非常感谢您能 参加Irving马拉松周末。期待着你的进步, 我们正在恢复一切正常。 保持安全 欧文马拉松团队 Thank you for being patient while we sort the course data from race day.After an in-depth analysis with our team, we have discovered issues with the distance completed on the course, and it appears you missed a section on the course on Saturday.While you did go over the 13.1 checkpoint at the finish line, you did not complete the Promenade, Lake Carolyn PKWY, and O'Connor loop after exiting onto the course for a second time to complete the second 13.1 loop. This has caused the distance you ran on Saturday to be short by about 1.6 miles.While the course was described in detail in the participant guide and course map as an exact repetition of Laps 1 + 2, we recognize that this was a difficult course to follow. Due to the pandemic, late approval timelines, and the deep freeze in Texas, we were unable to simplify it or support it with the level of volunteers and signage that we would have liked. In addition, it seems likely that many runners may have simply followed the runner in front of them, compounding the issue.
Please rest assured that we will be improving all these areas of our race starting in May, our many races throughout the year, and look forward to putting on a new and improved course as part of a great 2022 Marathon weekend. If you wish to rejoin us, please get in touch to receive a complimentary registration to a future event on us.We are grateful you were able to join us on Saturday after a long year of not being able to gather outdoors. We look forward to seeing your progress as we continue the return to a new normalcy.Stay safe, The Irving Marathon Team第51个马拉松(01/01/2021)
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