Hyannis Marathon Team Relay (13.1mi)

So yesterday was the Hyannis marathon, half marathon, and team relay race, where my friends Fred, Seth, Mike, and myself all participated as a 4 person relay team. I must say, it went really, really well, and I couldn't be happier with how well we all performed. All 3 events, the marathon, 1/2, and relay, follow the same course. The marathon course is actually just 2 loops of the 1/2 marathon course, which I actually probably wouldn't be a big fan of if I were to ever run it, but I guess who knows... The course is nice enough, as it goes right by the beach for at least a couple miles, but in the middle of February, all that really means is that it's going to get a bit more windy for a little while... The relay course is broken up into 2 legs, that each get repeated twice. The 1st leg is 7.3mi, and the 2nd leg is 5.8mi (total = 13.1 x 2 => 26.2). I ran the first leg, and then handed the baton off to Mike, who then handed off to Seth, who handed to Fred. After a brief pause to catch my breath, I continued on and ran the next leg shortly behind Mike, just to make sure I was at least doing adequate training distance. So we ended up coming in with an astounding time of 3 hours, 3 minutes, and 43 seconds, for an average pace of 7:01min/mile! We finished 6th overall (out of 70 teams) and 2nd in our division (men's open). The only team to beat us in our division was the team that won the whole thing. I was ecstatic with our performance, and am still riding the wave. Check out team "Zephyrus" on the results page here: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Feb24_Hyanni_set4.shtml