The Savvy Technologist » marathon http://technosavvy.org Great teaching and learning with technology Sat, 07 May 2011 04:55:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Tim 1, Marathon 0 http://technosavvy.org/2007/10/07/tim-1-marathon-0/ http://technosavvy.org/2007/10/07/tim-1-marathon-0/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:13:21 +0000 Tim Wilson http://technosavvy.org/2007/10/07/tim-1-marathon-0/ Continue reading →]]> My biggest fansI did it. My finishing time was 4:45 which I’m pretty happy with considering the brutal heat. I’d hoped to finish closer to 4:15, but it was 80°+ with a dew point near 70° and I knew that I’d have no chance of going that fast. What weird weather. It’s not supposed to be like this in Minneapolis in October.

I had planned to run in a pace group that was going to come in at around 4:15, but I got the starting line late and I started quite far back near the 5:30 group. I passed the 4:30 pace group after about three miles, but I never did see the 4:15 group. I was right on pace at mile 15, but the heat started taking a toll soon after. I had to do some walking over the last 10 miles, but I finished strong. Luckily the last mile is pretty much downhill. Feel free to check out my marathon photo set.

My knees are a bit sore, but otherwise I feel good. Tomorrow morning will be the true test. I’m planning to wear my marathon shirt to work tomorrow. I hope it looks OK with khakis.

Top three signs seen along the marathon route today:

  1. Caption on large Homer Simpson cutout: “You paid to do this?”
  2. Donna, don’t die!
  3. You’re a freakin’ springbok, dude!
]]> http://technosavvy.org/2007/10/07/tim-1-marathon-0/feed/ 17 The marathon challenge has arrived http://technosavvy.org/2007/10/05/the-marathon-challenge-has-arrived/ http://technosavvy.org/2007/10/05/the-marathon-challenge-has-arrived/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:37:09 +0000 Tim Wilson http://technosavvy.org/2007/10/05/the-marathon-challenge-has-arrived/ Continue reading →]]> Some of you probably know that I’ve been training for the Twin Cities Marathon. The big event is on Sunday, and I find myself more curious than anything else about how everything will turn out. I’ve put in my miles: 540 miles of training since May. All that’s left now is to line up and run… and run… and run. I’ll post some after-race thoughts and photos sometime next week.

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