Country Music Marathon

On hot (90f) day in Nashville, Bill Lovett, Rick MacLean and Keith Lascelles ran in the 10th annual Country Music Marathon with 32,000 other competitors (4,000 in the marathon) on Saturday. A very well organized event, from the expo through to the finish, the Nashville edition of the Rock'n'Roll series delivered on all accounts except the terrain and the temperatures. Record temperatures even for this far south greeted runners for the 7am start. By mid morning temperatures were well into the 80s, but the race officials were well prepared. The one one thing we were not prepared for was the hills. The first half is all hills, up and down, and not just little rises, but long and steep hills. Bill's attempt at qualifying for Boston came off the rails at about 8-9 miles in, the hills had taken their toll on his wonky knee, the second half was just hilly and hot. Regardless a good time was had by all especailly in the bar afterwards. Good food and good beer. We were asleep by 10pm.

Results:

Keith 3:27 placed 132nd, 10th in age.
Bill 4:19 placed 1021st.
Rick 5:00 placed 2339th.