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Clarence DeMar Marathon 2017

Posted on September 24, 2017July 23, 2019

A cool and humid start quickly warmed up at the Clarence DeMar Marathon in Keene, New Hampshire. A flat (by New England standards) race that was well supported by both volunteers and locals. Nothing makes me love a marathon like locals who care. Add to that great views, and the companionship of friends at the 50 state marathon club reunion and we have a winner. The only dark cloud on the horizon: several other races this weekend cancelled or threatened to cancel due to unseasonably warm temperatures.

Quick diversion: the Clarence DeMar Marathon was named after a local, diagnosed with a heart murmur and encouraged to not run anymore marathons. Instead he chose to run anyway and listen to his body. So he ran the Boston Marathon. Did I say run? I meant win. Seven times. End diversion.

Anyway, perhaps in the spirit of Clarence, the RD decided rather than make a rash decision to cancel when an arbitrary temperature was reached, let the runners do their thing and only cancel if the medical staff were to get overwhelmed. And viola, it turns out a run in 80 degree weather falls into the same category as my job’s thrice weekly staff meeting: unpleasant, but unlikely to lead to serious harm.

Fun fact: The exterior scenes for the film “Jumanji” were filmed in Keene, New Hampshire. A mural for a fictitious Parrish Shoes in downtown Keene became a sort of memorial for the the actor Robin Williams following his suicide in August of 2014.

Kate Stoker back at it after her hundo.
Nothing like warm soup on a 90 degree day. 😂 good though.
50 stater is looking for the gun show
Some of the beauty of southern New Hampshire
50 stater all decked out on the dam.
I may have forgotten how to eat a banana
This is Mindy if I recall correctly. She’s a sweetheart
Gaby grooves in the warmth
More of my water obsession.
Dan, who had to try three times to find a race this weekend before he settled on this one, has just completed a marathon in 48 distinct countries (and counting) in the last year, a record.
View from the dam
The unstoppable Meg flying away
Basically this weekend in a nutshell
This guy deserves a medal.
Fearless leader
Action Dan Ruiz on the damn dam
So rustic
Colorful bib
The medal
The sensible quote on the back, put into action today.
Very autumnal. Long sleeve, this and the hot minestrone soup at the finish suggests, they planned for a cooler day.

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