Received e-mail this morning that I "won" the Marine Corps Marathon lottery and will therefore attempt to run my third MCM in October. The only kind of lottery I apparently have good luck in is the kind where I pay $80. ;-) This apparently was the first-batch drawing; although it should not matter when one registered, I did so minutes after midnight on the first possible day to enter the lottery.
It will be interesting to experience yet another unique DC atmosphere at the race. In 2001, my first marathon, the race environment was saturated with very recent 9/11 effects; in 2002, for a second straight year there were security concerns, but this time it was whether the DC snipers would be caught before the race (they were); in 2003, I expect that some of the Marines who hand me water or untie my timing chip after the race and say, for some reason, "are you OK, sir?", will have recently returned from service in Iraq. It will be nice to thank them in person.
I guess this means I need to run this summer after all. The good news is this probably saves me from the temptation of a 100-miler before Thanksgiving.
Got my confirmation today too Chris. I ran the thing in 2000 and I discovered that if I can take 19 minutes off of that time I can qualify for Boston in the 50-54 group. I'm on the bubble but it's worth a try. I would like to hook up sometime on race day........like mile 24 where you can carry me in...................wink. Doug Burke
Chris Smith said:
Received e-mail this morning that I "won" the Marine Corps Marathon lottery and will therefore attempt to run my third MCM in October. The only kind of lottery I apparently have good luck in is the kind where I pay $80. ;-) This apparently was the first-batch drawing; although it should not matter when one registered, I did so minutes after midnight on the first possible day to enter the lottery.
It will be interesting to experience yet another unique DC atmosphere at the race. In 2001, my first marathon, the race environment was saturated with very recent 9/11 effects; in 2002, for a second straight year there were security concerns, but this time it was whether the DC snipers would be caught before the race (they were); in 2003, I expect that some of the Marines who hand me water or untie my timing chip after the race and say, for some reason, "are you OK, sir?", will have recently returned from service in Iraq. It will be nice to thank them in person.
I guess this means I need to run this summer after all. The good news is this probably saves me from the temptation of a 100-miler before Thanksgiving.
