Green Lake Half Marathon

Green Lake, Wisconsin

Sunday September 2, 2018

On Sunday, September 2, 2018 I race walked the Green Lake Half Marathon in Green Lake, Wisconsin.  The temperature varied from 68 to 76 degrees with mostly cloudy skies and little wind.  The course was on paved rural roads, some of which had many potholes and puddles.  There were many hills some of which were moderately challenging.  Police were only needed at the start to close a road off to traffic as the race started in the small town of Green Lake.  One lane of a road was barricaded off for the finish area.  There were volunteers stationed along the route to insure that the 133 finishers in the half marathon and the 230 finishers in the 5K navigated the routes successfully.  The roads were not closed to traffic but fortunately traffic was sparse and watched out for the participants.  Water/Gatorade stations were located from 1.5 to 2.5 miles apart and had plenty of friendly efficient volunteers to supply everyone with the necessary liquids.  This is the ninth year for this event and my first time completing the half marathon.  It is a small well organized friendly fun event that I enjoyed doing.  I was the oldest person in the half marathon and the only one in my 70 to 79 age group so naturally I won the first place medal.  We really lucked out on the weather as it did not rain during the event.  Major thunder storms and tornados have been occurring for the past ten days and is expected to continue at least one more week.  It poured during the night before the event and a major storm happened about an hour after the event ended. 

The start area

Packet pick-up site

Along the course

The finish area

Packet Pick-up

Before the race

After the race

Latina Brady and I

Me receiving my age group award

The race director