Ohio played host to MADKAP racing this morning for the 15th annual Flying Pig Marathon & Half Marathon in The Queen City, Cincinnati. Kentucky got in on the action as well with a majority of the first 5K being run on two bridges over the Ohio River and in Kentucky. A 6:30AM EDT start allowed us to find the "Finish Swine" (I didn't make that up) before the rain started, and an overcast morning in the mid-50s provided forgiving conditions throughout. Less forgiving was the mid-course multi-mile trek to the Cincinnati Observatory. Some of you more perceptive readers might be thinking, "Hmm, observatory...that sounds like it could possibly be uphill." Perspicacious indeed. Turns out the Cincinnati Observatory is "located atop the rolling hills of Mount Lookout" (I didn't make that up either). But, in equitable fashion, the final 5K of the course included a descent of said rolling hills of Mount Lookout.
1:29:30 today for this author, and Counselor Tom brought home a 1:45:23, finding MADKAP's Flying Pig finishers narrowly and regrettably out-kicked at the line by the Scheid brothers from New Jersey who placed 1st and 4th overall. And by out-kicked, we mean they were probably on a plane home to the Garden State by the time we finished.
Sometimes you feel like you get the relative better of a course; sometimes it gets the better of you. Today, the latter. There must be something to this rest and recovery between events thing that the so-called experts recommend. Today was more challenging physically than the first week, and surely the limited time between events was a factor...which could make the six days till the Paducah 1/2 seem even shorter. But The Quilt City awaits, and MADKAP will be on the roads yet again Saturday.
Thanks for your considerable support. Please check-in often this week for a couple of new KAP profiles and a fund-raising update. Thx again!
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