Running into daylight savings time - 11/01-11/7/09

[ASammy1]

Andrea, what do you think of the course for the Shamrock? Is it really windy?

Have you spectated at it before? Do you know anything about it?

I really don't want to travel that far for my first 26.2. But that's one of the ones I'm kind of looking at, anyhow...

Oakleaf, the course is really flat/fast and not too windy except for the part on the boardwalk which is where the race ends. I have not spectated the half before, but I ran the Shamrock 8k last year which is always the Saturday before the 1/2 and full marathons. The 26.2 is a 2011 Boston qualifier so with it being flat/fast, many people run it trying to qualify. It's a huge race with lots of people from all over and a really good time. You get beer and Irish stew when you are finished and a lot of people dress up. You have your whole spectrum of serious runners down to the person running with green face makeup and feather boa! I had a blast last year for the 8k and I'm really looking forward to making the jump to the half this year.

Here is my race report from last year. http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...light=shamrock

Hope this helps and is the info you are looking for.