The marathoners begin their Louisiana Marathon trek at the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol Building, wind their way through historic downtown Baton Rouge, travel through tree-lined residential areas, cover most of the perimeter of the scenic University Lakes before and after visiting the main campus of Louisiana State University, add an out-and-back leg through quiet residential parts of town, only to return to the adulation of those lining the finish area, again near the Capitol.
The mile markers dot the map. It's a beautiful course, even for someone who lives in the area and knows the territory. However, literally tracing the route itself raises the personal emotional content a big notch. This morning, just after 6AM, the timelapserunner wedged himself into the co-pilot seat as Mrs. timelapserunner drove the entire race route under his map guidance.
First impression: 26.2 miles is a long, long, long distance. Soberingly long.
Well, duh!? What did you think it was, dude? A walk in the park (although part of it is, literally)?
OK. I'm over it, now. For the moment. Did I say that this marathon course is long, long, long? OK. I'm collected now (checks blood pressure and finds it off-scale. Let's start our visioning work. Imagine that the race takes very little time. Oh, say ... about 90 seconds.
Here's what that vision might look like.
That's better. Not nearly so long as it looked before.
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