You're Gonna Fall in Love with Old Cape Cod
By Christy Bonstelle
The Cape Cod Marathon is a beautiful, well run event. But they do sometimes take a while to post their results. So, in absence of cold, hard numerical facts, here’s a view from the sidelines.
By all accounts, the Cape Cod Marathon course has not suddenly become flat. Avi, who came in third, said that the course was deceptively difficult. “I turned the corner just after the 25 mile mark and was running into the wind. I didn’t have anything left to fight it.” First GBTC female finisher Katie Fobert mentioned the rolling hills from mile 21 – 24 ½, which would probably have been less problematic if they had not come on the heels of real hills from mile 10 to mile 21. Oh, right, and there were some hills in mile 2 I think….or am I thinking of the hills in mile 6….
Avi and Katie shared these observations while we sat around, post race, at the Bradley house, stuffing our faces with Lynne’s legendary chocolate chip cookies. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to talk to the other marathoners after the event, but I did get to watch and gossip with other GBTC Team Fish relay runners, so here are the unconfirmed reports.
Master’s runners Bruce Bond and Brian Hare both looked like they had solid races. No one has been able to confirm or deny that Brian broke a certain barrier that he’s been after for some time (although we know it was close), and we were all too nervous to talk about it for fear that we would jinx it. So let’s just talk about something else now.
Max White has learned what The Wall is. And he’s learned what tenacity is. Both will come in handy with his next marathon. He got credit for staying vertical through the finish.
I saw Ken Agabian at the finish, and gave a yell. He seemed alert, but I have no stories other than that.
I also haven’t heard from Ryan Ashbrenner. I suspect that it did not come together for him on Sunday exactly as he would have liked, although I expect he still ran a solid race.
GBTC Team Fish (Cheryl, Lynne, Lori Blake, Christy, Jess) was once again successful (I think) in the women’s relay, having battled it out in legs 3-5 again Fritz’s Frisky Feline’s. I have to say, miles 15 -21 were tough even without having run the first 14 miles. Support Crew Kit got us to/from our legs on time, made sure we were appropriately dressed, navigated the back roads in “banana gear,” and was generally a calming presence. Keith “Go Fish” Bradley once again did his 26 mile bike sprint (marathoners to relay-ers and back again), yelling “Follow the Fish” all the way, while Mary Jo Bradley volunteered at the first hand off and then cheered at the finish. Pictures, and I’m sure more stories, to follow.
Congratulations all.
The Cape Cod Marathon is a beautiful, well run event. But they do sometimes take a while to post their results. So, in absence of cold, hard numerical facts, here’s a view from the sidelines.
By all accounts, the Cape Cod Marathon course has not suddenly become flat. Avi, who came in third, said that the course was deceptively difficult. “I turned the corner just after the 25 mile mark and was running into the wind. I didn’t have anything left to fight it.” First GBTC female finisher Katie Fobert mentioned the rolling hills from mile 21 – 24 ½, which would probably have been less problematic if they had not come on the heels of real hills from mile 10 to mile 21. Oh, right, and there were some hills in mile 2 I think….or am I thinking of the hills in mile 6….
Avi and Katie shared these observations while we sat around, post race, at the Bradley house, stuffing our faces with Lynne’s legendary chocolate chip cookies. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to talk to the other marathoners after the event, but I did get to watch and gossip with other GBTC Team Fish relay runners, so here are the unconfirmed reports.
Master’s runners Bruce Bond and Brian Hare both looked like they had solid races. No one has been able to confirm or deny that Brian broke a certain barrier that he’s been after for some time (although we know it was close), and we were all too nervous to talk about it for fear that we would jinx it. So let’s just talk about something else now.
Max White has learned what The Wall is. And he’s learned what tenacity is. Both will come in handy with his next marathon. He got credit for staying vertical through the finish.
I saw Ken Agabian at the finish, and gave a yell. He seemed alert, but I have no stories other than that.
I also haven’t heard from Ryan Ashbrenner. I suspect that it did not come together for him on Sunday exactly as he would have liked, although I expect he still ran a solid race.
GBTC Team Fish (Cheryl, Lynne, Lori Blake, Christy, Jess) was once again successful (I think) in the women’s relay, having battled it out in legs 3-5 again Fritz’s Frisky Feline’s. I have to say, miles 15 -21 were tough even without having run the first 14 miles. Support Crew Kit got us to/from our legs on time, made sure we were appropriately dressed, navigated the back roads in “banana gear,” and was generally a calming presence. Keith “Go Fish” Bradley once again did his 26 mile bike sprint (marathoners to relay-ers and back again), yelling “Follow the Fish” all the way, while Mary Jo Bradley volunteered at the first hand off and then cheered at the finish. Pictures, and I’m sure more stories, to follow.
Congratulations all.
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