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Shiprock Marathon race report~

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Shiprock Marathon, Saturday, May 4th Spoiler alert This will be a long post. You might want to grab a Gatorade and GU Try to pace yourself ________________________________________ Shiprock You were the one The one that made me respect the mileage of a marathon. Sure, I'd run a marathon before (read TCM race report here ) Had a blast No big deal Endorphin rush Rockstar for a day I wanted more of that Shiprock seemed the perfect choice Held on the Navajo nation Indian reservation- Made it exotic Less than an hour away Made it local I was sold Training was a bit chaotic this time around But the confidence garnered at my first marathon Made me undeterred Skittish-yes But how hard could it be? A marathon's a marathon Or so I thought A week before the race I tried to mapquest the packet pickup location I was forwarded to a website and phone number It wouldn't pull up the location on the map I call for an address to type into my