Pre-race roadwork? Check.
Cross-training? Check.
Train-crossing? D'oh!
An estimated 25 percent of the field for last Sunday's Portlandathon in Portland, Ore., got delayed for up to 22 minutes when a Union Pacific freight train blocked the course on Naito Parkway at the Steel Bridge, which certainly put a kink in runners' plans to post a qualifying time for, say, the Boston Marathon.
The men's winner, Tomonori Sakamoto, was safely across the tracks before the train arrived. He won by 27 minutes.
