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Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon 2018

Posted on December 9, 2018July 18, 2019
Year to date big long thing #25 completed at the Mississippi gulf coast marathon in Biloxi, Mississippi. Chilly and overcast, on a super flat course along the beach. The only hill was an overpass with a wicked camber in the last 2 miles. Last year this race was too short because of a turnaround. Having done the race now I am amazed because there was only one real turn on the course. I will also say other than some nice real estate, this is an extraordinarily boring race. I find myself counting the number of waffle houses we passed, six by mile marker 21. There were plenty of volunteers, and they were very enthusiastic. It’s not a bad race, but it’s not really a good one either. Fun fact: The Isle of Caprice was a resort 10 miles off the coast just south of Biloxi, created to get around prohibition. It burned to the ground in 1931, and the island is now under about 4 feet of water due to erosion and the shifting sands of the Gulf.
The eerie early morning light on the beach before the start
I spy Floridians…
Floridian, Seth Elsheimer, Preps for bag check
There was some grass
The racist point to point from Pass Christian Mississippi through to Gulfport, where the half marathon begins, and finishes in Biloxi
More views of the beach. Picture this for 24 miles.
Woodrow Wilson’s “Dixie White House”
It would seem Pass Christian brings the Christian, while I bring the “pass“
Lighthouse.
Oh Mississippi…
So the endless run along the beach got kind of boring so I noticed there were a lot of waffle houses. By the fourth one I decided it was time to start taking selfies with a count (One Mississippi, two Mississippi…)
Waffle house number five
I didn’t trust my ability to use my fingers to indicate six in binary, so I borrowed a police officer’s digit. 6 Waffle Houses, 21 miles, by that standard Waffle House could be an aid station for your average ultramarathon.
Design and coloring of the short sleeve shirt evokes a “Miami Vice“ image
The bibs were absurdly large. I didn’t even know they made broadsheet versions of Tyvek
Medal and customary post-race beer. I also had to try the hard sparkling water. It was sort of like Michelob Ultra

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