WIN’S MARATHON SUPERLATIVES

Coldest	City of Trees 2003	18° at start
Hottest	Twisted Ankle Trail Marathon 2006	87-93° at end
Farthest from home	Antarctica 2005
Personal Record (fastest time)	Clarence DeMar 2005	Set out to do PR and did
Personal Record (slowest time)	Canadian Death Race 2006	Ran marathon (4^th) leg of 77-mile Canadian Death Race. First 11K was 3,000’ climb. Ran from 6 pm to 3 am. Was 80° at start and 35° at top of mountain.
Felt Best Afterward	SF 2003 Dances with Dirt 2005
Felt Worst Afterward	City of Trees 2005	Cold, rainy, ill
Most Scenic	Big Sur 2001	Entirely along Pacific Ocean
Least Scenic	Baltimore 2005	Not the best parts of town
Most Fun/Favorite	Chicago 2005	Because ran with son Brian
Least Fun	Clarence DeMar 2005	Trying for PR, ran alone
Most Difficult	Psycho WyCo Run Toto Run 50K	Over 15,000 feet in vertical change. Much mud.
Easiest		Still looking for that one
Largest	Chicago 2005	More than 33,000 marathoners
Smallest	Louisiana Trail 50K	Only 9 runners.
Rainiest	City of Trees 2005
Most Spectators	New York 2003	Three million
Fewest Spectators	Antarctica 2005	Less than 20
Most Well-Organized	Portland 2000, 2001, 2002
Least Well-Organized	Jesus Run 2002	Many got lost, even in downtown Denver. Held only one year. Can hardly guess why.
Favorite Vendor	Marathon Charms	. . . and she runs marathons also!
Favorite Spectator	Lorrie Apel	. . . because I get a kiss every time!

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