Way Back Wednesday

"It was Satyr Hill, a 330-foot rise in a half-mile that came 18 miles into the race, that proved to be many a runner's Achilles' heel."

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My wife was rummaging around in my old homestead and found this pic from yesteryear.  It was fairly easy to figure out what is was...

Some dorky aspects:

• Tube socks
• Knit cap
• Cotton t-shirt (York Road Runners Club)
• Warm-up top!
• Pocono Mountain Basketball Camp triple knit shorts
• Nike Waffles  bought from Greg Fredericks' Athletic Attic store.
• Actually smiling a little!

It is the 1976 Maryland Marathon, run from the old Memorial Stadium to Loch Raven and back. That means a huge hill at the 18 or 19 mile mark, Satyr Hill.  This whim of mine to run one of the most difficult marathon courses around without really training for it was only one of the stupid things I did before my Penn State experience!

                    THE FOURTH ANNUAL MARYLAND MARATHON
                               26.2 MILE RUN
              Baltimore, Md     December 5, 1976  10:30 A.M.
Place Name                Ag S Time    Pace 
===== =================== == = ======= =====
    1 William Rogers      28 M 2:14:22  5:08
    2 Tom Fleming         25 M 2:16:01  5:12
    3 Ron Hill            38 M 2:20:23  5:22
    4 Barry Brown         32 M 2:21:07  5:24
 220 David Beakwill 17 M 2:58:45 6:50

Mean Temperature     30 °F  

And they didn't even spell my name right!