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Honolulu Marathon 2004

31st Honolulu Marathon, December 14, 2003


(My 4th (completed) Marathon)

Left to right:
Steve Miller 6:42:02, First Marathon
Jim Metz 7:35:48, Third Marathon
Dorrel (Alan) Whinery (me) 7:13:42, Fourth Marathon
(I'd already put my shirt in my fanny pack...)

Photo by Ramsay with Steve's camera


Saturday afternoon I calculated that I walked between 400 and 450 miles in the 3 months preceding this marathon. There wasn't much doubt in my mind that I would finish, but when I almost fell down the stairs in the parking garage on Friday afternoon, and in mile 25, when I realized that I didn't have the agility left to react to a stumble or a collision, I saw that putting the next foot out there in front can require focus.

I was completely ready to walk the day's 28.07 miles alone, and I must applaud Jim's complete lack of common sense; his companionship and conversation made the first 19 miles easy. At one point in mile 19 or so, I noticed that our lively discourse was the only talking that I could hear. People tend to get quiet and reflective in the last 8 miles. Steve and his glorious friends Alan, Beverly and Ramsay really made it special, providing a fabulous meeting place, a ride home, and a thermos of coffee that was oddly beer-like.

Thanks to Gary for his pictures, Ami for moleskin, Miles for nylons, and Marja for bringing us wonderful food and Pepsi in mile 15.


Mr. Steve, all ready
to go at 4AM.







Prof. Jim and friends.
He thinks he's doing
the 10K...
#28675: 5:38:06 (Eri)
#1223: 10:20:39
#9436: 5:01:33
#9622: 6:14:51
(Entry Name: "Jessica Funke Ho")






#6268: 8:39:46
#2683: 6:46:03
#8902: 7:02:26
#4696: 8:24:13


Steve at Aid Station
#1, wondering why I'm
in front of him. Lady
behind beat me by 7
minutes.

#8194: 7:24:00
#8200: 6:24:20
Diamondhead, Mile 8.





Alevtiva Ivanova
#7: 2:33:49

Gary's Picture #1
mile 10
Gary's Picture #2
#33809: 6:53:27

My only lua stop,
Kilauea Ave. mile
11.

Jim picks the line
with the most men.
(He's a math teacher)


Me in mile 13.
#3488: 8:09:57
Lady #21871 is slugging
out an 11:31:02 finish.
Wow.
Sign says: "PLEASE
LET THERE BE
SOMEONE BACK
THERE TO READ
THIS"
Mile 17 Keahole St.
#28530: 7:56:08
#8444: 7:22:47
#33040: 8:01:59
#9539: 6:47:37
Is it "married" or
"available" with
the flower on the
right?










People grooving to "YMCA"
by the Village People.

More "YMCA" action.
Mile 20:
Jim comes to the
realization that
he's not just
doing the 10K.
One of the "Magic
Carpet" sensor mats
that reads the shoe
chips.


Hula cheerleader,
approaching Kealaolu St.
in mile 22.

Diamondhead (reprise).
#27817: 7:24:30 		Jerky AVI Movie of Mile 22 Turn


I'm pretty sure that
the "miles" change
from statute to
nautical after
mile 20...



Kapiolani Park,
mile 26. I'm pretty
sure the last km
is actually a
nautical mile.



Reindeer girl
at JAL aid station
in Kapiolani Park.




My shadow. At this
point, I'm trying
not to trip over
it...








Seeing the FINISH
kind of makes a
girl's ass itch,
huh?
Jerky AVI Movie of my finish
The guy mis-pronounces
my name as I walk in...



Wahines handing out
shell leis.
#30624 & 30625: 7:21:54;
Travelled from Japan,
two years in a row.
Japanese TV crew.





#20398: 7:11:02
Record says she's
39 years old (??)


Just one tiny blister.