The most recent chapter in the ongoing saga of reasons not to blog came in the form of the Portland Marathon. The actual event was Sunday morning but as you might imagine there were numerous hours training on my treadmill in the weeks and months beforehand. My time was 4:24:30, a 10:06/mile pace and a personal record by more than 32 minutes. I really wanted to run a sub-four-hour race but was actually really happy crossing the finish-line with enough time to take a shower before check-out.
To see the entire course without taking a step watch the Google Earth tour. Of course, that won’t make you a finisher. On top of that you also won’t get orange juice, peanut butter cookies, or an evergreen seedling in the recovery area.
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Nice! Obviously done with great endurance. Did you get a crown? Hmm, if the evergreen seedling is long enough, you might be able to wear that…
Trinian, it has been said before that the race must be run with endurance, though I think it referred to a different kind of marathon. No crown, but I did get a nice medal…
I knew I had heard that somewhere before… ;P That is a nice looking medal.
I just looked at the Google Earth tour. That’s quite a track - extremely impressive to have finished it at all, much more so to have done it in close to 4 hours!
It was nice of them to mark all the Subway stores along the route… you know, in case you get a sudden craving for a foot-long Chicken Bacon Ranch on the way.
Ironically, we did eat Subway … after the run. Maybe it was the subconcious marketing by the marathon committee. However, I had the footlong Turkey with lettuce and mayo.
Congrats on the run. I appreciate the picture of the medal, especially so because it was taken upon some great looking granite and because I can see the reflection of you and your hot phone.
Good Job brother, way to persevere. Thanks for setting the standard high with your discipline and work ethic.
Congratulations, Sean! Is this marathon #2 or have there been others in the past 5 years? I have taken up running in the last year, but the thought of running a marathon quite frankly makes me want to wet my pants. Oh yeah - Were there any beer-toting Elvis impersonators in this race like at the LA marathon?
Justin, thanks for the congrats. This was #3 as I “ran” the Seattle Marathon in 2003. I say “ran” because it was a very pathetic showing, though at least I finished. Though there were no beer-toting Elvis impersonators, there was a kindly group of frat-boys offering Dixie cups of the sudsy stuff around mile 22. And since I’ve never seen a marathoner wearing Depends, maybe you should just stop thinking about running one.
I think that is practically the neatest thing ever! Marathons or any long distance physically challenging activty rocks my world. COngradulations on a job very well done!
Sean. Nice work. I am certain many (some good, some bad) sermon illustrations were uncovered.
:)
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