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<\/a><\/p>\r\nEvery year they say there’s no race-day packet pickup… and every year I seem to make the 2 hour+ round trip trek out to Cocoa Beach to pick up my packet the day before Thanksgiving… and every year, I arrive on race day to find… a race-day packet pickup.<\/p>\r\n
In a marked difference from last week’s Philadelphia event, the Florida-based Space Coast Marathon was distressingly, but not necessarily surprisingly, light on Covid protocols. As for the race itself, it’s a flattened figure 8 — you run out 6.55 miles to a turnaround, run back the way you came, pass the finish line festival, and run another 6.55 miles before a final turnaround to head back in. \u00a0There’s a few rolling hills which to this Florida Man continue to feel like Everest-ian tasks.<\/p>\r\n Having finished the race, I quickly pulled up my gaiter mask… as I was surrounded by swarms of sweaty, maskless runners. \u00a0In addition to the marathon, there are two half marathons (one going north, one going south) that apparently brought the total participant count to 7000+.<\/p>\r\n I didn’t stick around too long for the finish line festival but at least *most* of these guys were wearing masks…<\/p>\r\n In the end, I avoided being sick (fingers crossed that continues to be the case when it comes to Covid), and I put up a slightly faster time than last week.<\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n
This is a rare occurrence wherein I consider myself in the 1%… there were very, very, VERY few folks wearing masks before the race.<\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a>\u00a0<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n