{"id":230,"date":"2007-07-06T20:46:34","date_gmt":"2007-07-07T00:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedirtroad.net\/jeff\/journal\/2007\/07\/06\/peachtree-road-race-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-07-06T20:55:55","modified_gmt":"2007-07-07T00:55:55","slug":"peachtree-road-race-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedirtroad.net\/jeff\/journal\/2007\/07\/06\/peachtree-road-race-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Peachtree Road Race 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t have a whole lot of time to decompress from Cornerstone Festival before it was time to run the Peachtree Road Race. After going to bed at 2 AM (3 AM Eastern Time) for a week, I turned around and woke up at 5 AM Wed. morning to get ready for the race and drive out to the MARTA station. Thumbs up to MARTA for running frequent trains to the starting point. I was afraid I’d reach the station to find crammed trains that I would have to wait 15 minutes and then I wouldn’t be able to board them because they were full, but I was able to jump on the first train that arrived. Much like the Final Four, I was once again pleasantly surprised by MARTA.<\/p>\n

Like in 2005, I took a disposable camera with me for the run. Of course the shots are nowhere near the quality of my D50, but I did get some fun shots from the trip.<\/p>\n

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After that, I had nothing to do but sit around and wait for the race to start. The weather was great this morning, pleasant and cool so I didn’t mind sitting around and waiting as the crowds grew.<\/p>\n

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After about an hour, we were off! Of course, the winners of the race had already finished in 28 minutes… long before I even reached the start line, but I doesn’t matter, I’m running!<\/p>\n

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I wondered if I might need these doctors by the time I reached the top of Cardiac Hill. I didn’t fare as well as I did in 2005 and the hill took a lot out of me. I really lost a lot of momentum here. Nonetheless, I picked up the pace again and cruised into Midtown.<\/p>\n

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I gained a little second wind in the last minute and soon I was at the finish line at Piedmont Park! There I picked up my prize, a Peachtree Road Race t-shirt! I don’t know what my time was, but I listen to the entire Mute Math album plus a couple songs during the run, so it took a little longer than when I ran in 2005, but it could have been worse.<\/p>\n

I got home and after the endorphins finally wore off from the run, I crashed on the bed for several hours. The rest of the 4th of July was pretty low-key, we barbecued chicken and watched fireworks on TV, but I had my shirt and I had achieved my goal for running!<\/p>\n

More pictures on my Flickr site!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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