Sahara Desert Marathon 2009

The Sahara Desert Marathon and Half Marathon started out hot… wait, I mean the Country Music Marathon… it was just the hottest it’d ever been in my 5 years of toeing up to the start line. This was Nashville’s first heat wave of the year. I would like to say it was in the 90s, but that’d be a fib (maybe not for the finish line, though). It was about 70 at the start, which is hot considering everyone on Team Clementine was used to mid-50s. In addition, the race director modified the course to loop further into downtown to give the runners a more enjoyable running experience (and add a long 1 mile hill at the 2nd mile marker).

Regardless of the heat and hills, Team Clementine performed as you would expect: we kicked ass.

Marathon Results:
Wim Codington – 3:04:58 (48th overall finish)

Half Marathon Results:
Mark Woamck – 1:52:35
Zach Simpson – 2:06:38
Bryan Meurer – 2:38:04 (including 2 miles of throw up)
John Irby – 1:52:19
Nate Kenney – 1:38:05
Jonathan Minton – 1:35:33