Long Beach Marathon, 10.17.10 (On a 36" Unicycle!)
10-17-10, 01:52 PM
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Long Beach Marathon, 10.17.10 (On a 36" Unicycle!)
My first bike tour marathon! Got up at 4am to make the 6am start for the Long Beach 26.2 mile marathon! There were about 3,500 bikes, and I was the only unicyclist! About 25,000 runners started at 7am.
There was the expected bottleneck of bikes at the starting gun, and it took me a good 5 minutes just to get pass the start line, since I was about 1/2 way back in the pack. It took about a mile after we started for things to open up enough to get up to speed.
I was passing lots of bikes on the the hills, and the spectators were going wild along the way! I filmed this video *while* I was riding, and rode the entire 26.2 miles non-stop, with no dismounts or falls. (Got lucky!) Even with the filming and the slow start, I managed to finish in 2:08. I was happy with that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezluOw0tbHs
There was the expected bottleneck of bikes at the starting gun, and it took me a good 5 minutes just to get pass the start line, since I was about 1/2 way back in the pack. It took about a mile after we started for things to open up enough to get up to speed.
I was passing lots of bikes on the the hills, and the spectators were going wild along the way! I filmed this video *while* I was riding, and rode the entire 26.2 miles non-stop, with no dismounts or falls. (Got lucky!) Even with the filming and the slow start, I managed to finish in 2:08. I was happy with that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezluOw0tbHs
10-17-10, 01:56 PM
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that is so cool. thank goodness for nutjobs on organised rides.
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10-17-10, 04:15 PM
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UniGeezer - I rode the Long Beach Marathon Bike tour this AM as well and saw you on the road. Great job!
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10-17-10, 04:30 PM
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Thanks, but i don't think of the 2-wheelers as "nutjobs", lol! They just a great group of people and we're all just having a blast doing our own thing! 
He's doing ok. He's at city of Hope, diagnosed with a very rare form of leukemia. I've been visiting him regularly and he's in great spirits. Thanks for asking.
Cool! That was a fun ride!
He's doing ok. He's at city of Hope, diagnosed with a very rare form of leukemia. I've been visiting him regularly and he's in great spirits. Thanks for asking.
Cool! That was a fun ride!
