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Palm Beaches Marathon 2017

Posted on December 3, 2017July 17, 2019

A hot and humid day at the Palm Beaches Marathon in Palm Beach and West Palm Beach. My fifth Florida marathon this year. A flat, flat, flat course along the intercoastal waterway. A multi-tenant structure fire/explosion was the big surprise of the day. Maniac ambassador Heather Schry was along the course to provide refreshment. At 18 I met a first timer that needed a bit of encouragement. I helped out until about 22 when her boyfriend showed and it felt awkward. Fun fact: Like much of South Florida, Palm Beach grew significantly as a result of the construction of the Florida East Coast railroad by Henry Flagler was convinced to bring his railroad and hotels to South Florida by Julia Tuttle and William Brickell after an 1894 freeze. A likely apocryphal story goes that Tuttle sent Flagler an orange blossom to his Saint Augustine home with a note reading “Mister Flagler, how does your garden grow?”

Morning on the ICW
Henry Flagler’s former home and the present day Flagler museum.
Palm Beach has an annual sand castle Christmas tree, called Sandi. This year the theme is “Sandi adopts a pet”
Andy Bowden, ready for the start
Aforementioned structure fire and explosion.
Dr King Landmark on North Flagler
Be art? I wanted to be done.
Races don’t happen without volunteers. Thank your volunteers.
More street art
Some of the street art in Palm Beach
Northern point turnaround went around this beautiful Banyan tree
Can we hydrate? Yes we can!
Jim Diego sang the anthem and did the marathon
This guy had to be so hot in this suit.
Bib
An interesting choice of a long sleeve shirt for a Florida marathon. Made more interesting by the fact the half marathon, which will generally be over with while the weather is cooler, was given a short sleeve shirt. Fortunately, I own scissors.
Sparkly medal

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