Concrete/road run race (Austin 5k) 36:00 [5] 3.2 mi (11:15 / mi)
I definitely would not recommend the Austin Marathon to anyone. The 1/2 and full marathon had almost 16k people all starting together and staying together for 12 miles. The start was delayed by almost an hour. My race was then delayed by that plus 10 minutes. Warming up only does so much good when you don’t start on time. They had to change our course this morning and it was one big hill out and back. I had to walk some of it because it was so steep but I still passed people. On the way back, I would get in a good rythym and someone would stop in front of me. Once I had to stop hard and my left ankle and calf took the hit. I’ve done quite of bit of limping since then. It’s pretty sore. Also I had an incident with a homeless man. He had his pants down and was being offensive. When he came up to me, I got back in his face and expressed my displeasure loudly. He laughed. All of a sudden my son ,who isn’t a big guy, got big and cop like and yelled at him too. He walked away and then circled back. That time both my son and his friend, who is a big guy, surrounded me and got rid of him. Even though I was fine, it was upsetting. I saw him one more time but it was minor.