Running DFW: October 2012

Just four weeks after Sioux Falls Marathon, new PR, Boston Qualifying, and only my second marathon, I want to do it again? OK. Have fun with that.

Tyler Rose Marathon is a new smallish marathon. It is described as "Difficult But Beautiful" and shows what running in East Texas is all about. There were miles by pastures, the airport, along the highway, and through Azalea Trail. There is also a small blurb in The Tyler Rose Marathon site that mentions the "Hills making it a challenging course", and this could not be more true.

There is no elevation map from the Website to share and I forgot my Garmin, so you will just have to believe me when I say this was a true test of a marathon runner.

When Kathy and I got to the Tyler Rose Garden for the start, I soon discovered why I felt something was missing. We had stayed the night at nearby Chilton House, a bed and breakfast kind of on the course, but my "routine" was interrupted. You know, a strange place, 100 year old, creaking wood floors, stuffed and painted cats everywhere, enter from the side and come up the long steep stairs, all the stuff that makes a routine go away. I soon realized my left arm was too light to think of running. I forgot my Garmin. I would be running half naked. Kathy asked that I take my phone so she would know where I was, so I decided to "enjoy this one" and send out some Tweets from the course.

Here it goes....

Curt Metzger ‏@distance66

Running this one for fun. #TylerRoseMarathon

7 Oct

‏@distance66

Mile 6. Hills are alive and relentless.

‏@distance66 7 Oct

#TylerRoseMarathon