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2004 Mad City Marathon

Pictures from Mary's run in the Mad City Marathon on May 30, 2004. This race is run through the streets of Madison, Wisconsin. It starts at the capital building in downtown Madison, and finishes in near by Olin-Turville Park. Her time to run the 26.2 miles was 4 hours, 5 minutes, 40 seconds. This is her best marathon time yet! Not as many pictures as some of the other gallery pictures we have. It rained for much of the day. Mary ran in the rain from mile 5 to mile 23, then it stopped for the last three miles up to the finish. Enjoy the pictures.

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Before Start
Minutes before the start, in Madison, Wisconsin.

Before Start
Also, just before the start. We are standing on the capital lawn with Main Street behind Mary.

Lining Up
Everyone getting lined up for the start. If you look closely below the left edge of the Start banner, you can see Bucky Badger, the University of Wisconsin's mascot.

Race Start - Mary
Start of the marathon. Mary running so fast she's blurry!

Race Start
At the start of the marathon. For those familiar with Madison, the runners have turned onto Pinckney Street from Main Street. Mary is just to the right of the large tree.

Finish 01
Mary in the final stretch.

Finish 02
Just before crossing the finish line.

Finish 03
Crossing the finish line (26.2 miles)
NOTE: Mary's time was 4 hours, 5 minutes, 40 seconds. The time shown on the clock is total race time. In other words, it took her 23 seconds to cross the start line at the beginning of the race.
She was 458 of 939 total runners, 110 of 336 females, and 17 of 35 in her age division.