2008 Twin Cities Marathon
You may have noticed the posting frequency on tadfad has decreased as of late. This is due to two reasons:
- The current economic crises has left me searching for words
- I just ran the Twin Cities Marathon
Let’s focus for a moment on the more positive item from above.
This was my second marathon in as many years. My first was the 2007 Chicago Marathon, where we ran through 95 degree heat until the race was “officially” canceled (I still finished). This year was the opposite–50 degrees and rain for the first half of the race. While I wouldn’t mind skipping the rain, this was actually pretty decent weather for running. It was easy to stay cool and hydrated.
My goal for the race was 4 hours. I was on pace all the way through mile 20, at which point I had a bit of a blowout. I felt some pains that I’ve never felt in 10 years of running and made the judgement call to walk a bit (in hopes of preventing catastrophic knee damage). I came across the finish line at 4:11:03.
The good news : my legs have mostly recovered.
The bad news : since I haven’t yet achieved my goal time, I’ll have to run another!
Filed under culture : Comments (7) : Oct 8th, 2008 by tadfad
October 8th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
way to go, Tad! Question: what’s the “gun time” all about on your certificate?
October 8th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
congrats on the marathon! But come on, you are not REALLY at a loss of words over this economic crisis!
Care to give your “take” on the coming oil crisis (might be due up next, perhaps before or after the disease epidemic).
October 8th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Tad, congratulations on the run!! However, as my vicenarian-advice-giver of choice, I was hoping tadfad would become something of a “fireside chat” to calm my nerves throughout the crisis. Instead I’ve had to rely solely on mainstream media, and, of course, This American Life. Please come back!
October 9th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Thanks Dillon, Puant, & Dan! Glad to see you haven’t given up on the ol’ tadfad.
Dillon –> Gun Time is the official start of the race, but since there’s a few thousand of us, the slower runners like me don’t cross the starting line for a few minutes. Fortunately we all have chips on our shoes so our times are accurate.
Puant –> I’ll break my silence on the economic crises this week. Maybe today.
Dan –> I’m putting on my sweater right now to cozy up for a fireside chat.
October 9th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Tad,
I appreciate the comment over on my modest little blog.
Keep up the good work here!
October 12th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
YOOHOO TAD!! I wish I would have known you were doing the race I would have come down and cheered you on! I am so proud of you! Maybe I will come watch the next one!
October 21st, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Tad! You did it! Awesome.
I’m doing my second in November.
Which one are you doing next?!