{"id":343,"date":"2011-03-24T21:57:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T21:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/2011\/03\/24\/la_marathon_2011_pictures_of_hell\/"},"modified":"2011-03-24T21:57:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T21:57:35","slug":"la_marathon_2011_pictures_of_hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/archives\/la_marathon_2011_pictures_of_hell.html","title":{"rendered":"LA Marathon 2011: Pictures of Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actually this is not red hot hell but a frozen hell.  Note the wet pavement; you can&#8217;t see the rain coming down on us in the pictures.  You can also see that my shirt is soaked through &#8211; that ain&#8217;t sweat unfortunately! Temps in 50s, high winds, wet race clothes, hands and feet both numb after only 3-4 miles into the race:<\/p>\n<table border=0>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/a1.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/a2.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Me running past Grumman&#8217;s Chinese Theater and on Rodeo Drive.  Note the dude with no shirt on &#8211; he must have been freezing:<\/p>\n<table border=0>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/a3.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/c1.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/c2.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/c3.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/c4.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/d1.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/d2.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/m1.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/m2.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/m3.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>After long miles battling muscle cramps, I am resigned to walking&#8230;and getting more hypothermic:<\/p>\n<table border=0>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/m4.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/w1.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/w2.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/w3.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Finally the finishing chute along Ocean Ave in Santa Monica.  I fight my cramps to have a run-in finish:<\/p>\n<table border=0>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/x1.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/y1.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/y2.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/y3.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/y4.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/y5.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/y6.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/y7.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/y8.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/y9.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/y10.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/y11.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>First, me happy to have finished!  Then, me not so happy with the wind blowing my mylar blanket around and not keeping me warm at all:<\/p>\n<table border=0>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/z1.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/z2.jpg\" height=340 width=225><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Me turning off Runkeeper:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/z3.jpg\" height=340 width=225><br \/>\nBody temperature dropping after the finish:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/za1.jpg\" height=225 width=300><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/za2.jpg\" height=225 width=300><br \/>\nTeeth are chattering now, that isn&#8217;t a smile:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/za3.jpg\" height=225 width=300><br \/>\nThe lone tent under which 50+ people were huddled to escape the rain and wind:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/za4.jpg\" height=225 width=300><br \/>\nFinally a smile after I change out of my wet clothes and put on a wool shirt and rain jacket. Teeth still chattering behind my lips worse now:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/za5.jpg\" height=225 width=300><br \/>\nMoving as quickly (and painfully) as possible to my car, which is at least a mile or two away SUCK:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/la2011\/za6.jpg\" height=225 width=300><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually this is not red hot hell but a frozen hell. Note the wet pavement; you can&#8217;t see the rain coming down on us in the pictures. You can also see that my shirt is soaked through &#8211; that ain&#8217;t sweat unfortunately! Temps in 50s, high winds, wet race clothes, hands and feet both numb [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}