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| Race | Distance | Location | Date | Result | My Raves | My Performance |
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| Portland Marathon | Marathon | Portland, OR | Oct 6, 2024 |
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Portland Marathon
The old course was a lot nicer
Portland Marathon
There race felt like lots of loops and jags - a loop through Northwest/Old Town, a loop through Reed, and lots of left/rights through city streets. It also ran over … MORE
There race felt like lots of loops and jags – a loop through Northwest/Old Town, a loop through Reed, and lots of left/rights through city streets. It also ran over and by freeways. I felt like I was always turning back and forth and going up a little hill just to go back down it in two blocks.
Portland is beautiful and the race hit some great neighbourhoods but seemed to hit fewer running-friendly streets (lots of bad pavement, taking a street instead of beautiful pedestrian paths) that I expected.
The previous course felt a lot nicer. Lots more long straights, and running over the iconic St John bridge late in the race was spectacular. There was no snapshot moment, just slogging through a lot of large streets and industrial areas interspersed with beautiful neighbourhoods.