Tacoma City Marathon

I ran the Tacoma City Marathon today - I did the Half Marathon. It was a cool overcast day, which made for great running conditions. This was also the farthest to date I have run in my Vibram KSOs. I had a good race, finishing in 1:41:08 which was a little behind me goal of 1:35. The last 2.5 miles or so were mostly up hill, so that probably didn't help.

I had a bunch of funny looks an a couple people asked me about my Vibrams. My feet felt pretty rough afterwards, and I had Andrea take a picture of them when I got home. The picutre didn't come out too well but my feet looked roughed up:

Update 5/3: The dark spots on my feet are lint and other leftovers from my Vibrams.





While I was running, I was thinking about the great quote from Chariots of Fire:
When I run, I feel his pleasure.


I also listened to a lecture by Tom Woods during the race, and it made me laugh that I listen to my favorite Economist to keep me going. I have written about woods before, and I am looking forward to his new book. I also listened to most of Brian Regan Live, which is a great comedy album.

I am planning on doing another official marathon in June, so we'll see if I can improve my time for that race.

As of 4:40 PM on 5/2/2010 these numbers are unofficial. I will update these if there are any changes.
My time was 1:41:08 and I finished:
Overall for the Half Marathon: 89th/1016 which is in the top 9%
For Men: 72/400
For my age division: 12/57



The results can be viewed here

I was bib 1529.