good run. like i said, this one was for fun, so no expectations. the front part was a little crowded, but i did start back with my wife running the marathon, so i was wading through a lot of marathoners. i found a friend of mine running the marathon, i paced with him a little bit. water stations were about every two miles and they were very good stations. lots of water and gatorade, no food though. in fact, i only hit one gu station. i would have expected a little more from a scheel's sponsered event, but oh well. very few hills and lots of friendly people. towards the end i really started hamming it up and trying to rally the spectators. the finish was in the fargo dome and you were on a big jumbotron. i did a little showboating ;), we'll see how the photo turns out. such a dork.

nothing. this one was totally for fun and i got a good workout in. foot didn't really bother me that day (hurt a little more today!) and i was only three minutes off my pr. can't beat that.

as soon as i was done i got my five pound finishers medal (it's like a coaster!), changed in my car and walked about four miles to the 20 mile on the mary route. i meet some other husbands there and we saw the ladies at 20, 23, and the finish. got a good long warm down in.


the pf in the foot worried me since i have a sprint tri in two weeks and i wanted to do well at that. if i didn't have the pf issue, i may have gone a little quicker, but i had fun, no worries.


lots of fun, aside from my foot, i feel like i'm in the best shape i've even been. we'll see in two weeks!!