Portland Marathon Mini Course

This is my peak week of workouts. This is my peak long run. Today I ran 23+ miles on the Portland Marathon course. I forgot to bring a map so I was running from the memory of looking at a map. I took a couple of wrong turns. First, I stayed on Thurman too long and then missed the change to NW St Helens rd when I was on the right road for a block. Second, coming off the Saint Johns bridge I needed to go south a block to catch Willamette Blvd earlier. I purposefully cut out the Front St industrial area to shorten the run to 23 miles.

Regardless, I was tired by the end of it. It was warm. I started at 7:00 AM but the sun was up and it was a perfectly clear day. I was dragging the last few miles until I caught sight of the fountain on Naito Parkway and Salmon which means I have about a half a mile to go. I had a rush of energy. I can only hope this happens on marathon day.

Here is the course I ran today:

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This is the official Portland Marathon course:

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