Tampa, Florida
February 10, 2008
4:14:49
Gasparilla is Tampa's Mardis Gras. It is a weeklong party and pirate festival. There are a series of road races that are part of it, culminating in the marathon. You can read about Gasparilla here if you wish. http://gasparillapiratefest.com/
I did my fellowship in Tampa, so this race was run in my new home town. After getting settled into my fellowship, I decided it was time to take advantage of the South Florida winters and train for and run another marathon.
My wife and I ran this one together again. It was by far her best marathon. She had trained pretty well and could have run much faster. My knee was bothering me some, and I knew that I had another marathon coming up in a few weeks, so I really didn't want to push it. At one point, I urged her to run ahead of me, but she wouldn't. Something to do with for better or worse, sickness and health, slow or fast, I guess.
The highlight of the race was seeing "Team Hoyt." You might have heard of this father and son team. If you have not, please check out their website at http://www.teamhoyt.com/.
All in all, it was a nice race. An added benefit was finishing close to Tampa General Hospital, where I had patients to see after the race. Now that was multi-tasking!
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