Running in Year 2023 (Goal 2023 km)

Saturday, April 14, 2018

St. Louis Marathon Photo Race Report

St. Louis Marathon marks #55 full/ultra marathon. 
Starting temperature -2C


Corral G heading to the start line. 

Approaching Martin Luther King Bridge (heading across the Mississippi River to Illinois).

2 miles - now in Illinois.

3 miles - heading back to Missouri; Gateway Arch in the background!
Selfie with Gateway Arch -- on EADS Bridge heading back to St. Louis

4 miles - back in downtown St. Louis

Approaching Old Courthouse - famous case of Dred and Harriett Scott for freedom from slavery.

Passing by Busch Stadium - St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.

6 miles -- approaching the chocolate station!

Thank you to the many volunteers who stood in the cold
Approaching Anheuser-Busch Brewery
7 miles -- lots of uphills and downhills on this course. 

9 miles

Fire trucks -- full and half marathoners diverge now.

11 miles - steep uphill

Entering "Grove" - St. Louis' LGBTQ community

12 miles
13.1 miles - half way there!
14 miles - now in Forest Park (location of History Museum, Zoo, Science Centre, Art Gallery)
15 miles -- Missouri History Museum nearby
16 miles - St. Louis Art Museum nearby

18 miles
21 miles
22 miles

24 miles
25 miles

Lumiere Place -- see my hotel to the left.

Approaching finish line.

Finish line video

On the Saturday, visited the Gateway Arch. Such an extraordinary mathematical structure!

View 660 miles above! 4 miles up and 3 miles down on the Gateway Arch. 

-April 1:  4.75 K
-April 2: 5.5 K
-April 8: 42.2 K + 0.23 K

-YTD = 464.5 K

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