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Raccoon Mountain Marathon 2019

Posted on March 16, 2019July 17, 2019
What in all of hell was that?! I had my 4th worst “just a marathon” time today at Raccoon Mountain in Chattanooga. The race was challenging (2238 ft elevation gain), and I’m injured (a number of places but most painfully my left glute since Hawai’i) but I really don’t have an explanation for why I had such a rough time. By dint of reference the 3 slower times I was toting a 40 lb pack through a sand pit, running up a fourteener, and my first marathon when I was 290 lbs. Not sure why I had such difficulty here but here’s the skinny on the race: half trail half road all awesome. Up and down, cold and windy, and reasonably well marked (I only got lost once), but alas this is the last annual raccoon mountain marathon. Worry not, however, you can still run this race as a half in coming years. Nifty swag like a coon skin hat for first timers, a buff, a yeti style tumbler, and customized wood burnt medals. If you dig playing in the woods and race directors in raccoon onesies, this is your jam. Hopefully this doesn’t speak poorly for my race tomorrow though. 😬
🎶I’m on top of the world lookin’ down on creation…🎶
Ultralike aid stations.
Somehow after almost 200 BLTs I have never seen this sign.
Morning on top of raccoon mountain. View would be better if those damn socialists hadn’t electrified the Tennessee Valley.
Might be copyright infringement, Trent Rosenbloom. I will say the RD has a disturbing number of toys for an adult to mark the course with.
I ran in to my favorite Tennessee teacher
Mike hitting the road half this morning.
Some of the trail
How I felt on the course today. Did I mention the RD has an inappropriate number of toys?
Little stream
More trail
Yeh! Mary Yeh!
View from the back of the mountain down on Chattanooga (or as I’ve decided it needs to be named, the Noog)
Preface briefing from RD Courtney Bird.
Trail buddy
Encouraging signs for all participants.
I totally used a low gear
Trash panda can dance
Panorama of the Noog
Hello from the damn dam
Neato tumbler.
Sexy coon hat for new Raccoon Mountain participants
My bib
Buff
Finisher medal. I usually donate them, but this was made special for me so it’s mine now. Take that cancer kids. 😂 They can have tomorrow’s.

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