Comments on: 2009 Portland Marathon Race Report

By: Shamrock Run 2011

Shamrock Run 2011 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:40:59 +0000

[...] 2008, I tried to go from couch potato to marathon runner, but I got injured along the way. In 2009, the same thing happened. I didn’t train for the marathon during 2010, but instead chose to focus on weight loss and [...]

By: 42 Goals in 42 Months

42 Goals in 42 Months — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:20:06 +0000

[...] Run a marathon. (I walked in 2009.) [...]

By: Six Months of Fitness

Six Months of Fitness — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:34:35 +0000

[...] On New Year’s Day, the bathroom scale read 213, and it wasn’t lying. The day after I walked the Portland Marathon in early October, I weighed 193 pounds, but over the course of three months of writing Your Money: [...]

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:14:17 +0000

Have u considered running barefoot or with minimal shoes to help you strengthen your feet and avoid injuries? I just read Born to Run.

By: rachel

rachel — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:37:30 +0000

i’ve been wearing my medal under my shirt at work for the last 2 days and probably will for the rest of the week.

By: Bobby Piles

Bobby Piles — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:39:40 +0000

You turned up for a marathon wearing street clothes, and forgot to have breakfast beforehand? No wonder you finished in 7:01:25 ! Well done… but I don’t think I’ll be turning to you for financial advice, if this is how you plan your life events ;)

By: Mom

Mom — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:36:04 +0000

Sorry I’m late on this, J.D., but I was thinking about you and the marathon before, during and after! I like that picture of you — you look very natty, if you don’t mind the description. How are your feet by now? I agree with everyone else — wear the medal wherever you want. 26.2 miles walking and with blistered feet yet at the end is nothing to sneeze at! In fact, it’s pretty damn good! ;-)

By: jdroth

jdroth — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:16:01 +0000

@Sean (#15)
Yeah, I don’t know where that maxspeed came from. Note that it comes in the last half mile of the course. I guarantee you that my slowest times were achieved during this last half mile, not my fastest times. The only explanation I have is that the watch “dropped” its connection to the satellite for a moment (which happens) as I passed under the Burnside Bridge, and the satellite registered this as a burst of lightning speed on my part…

Re-reading this post, I’m embarrassed by all of the typos. There are a ton of them. I was tired when I wrote it. I’ll proof-read it more closely tonight. Right now, I need to finish the first chapter of my book! :)

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:59:11 +0000

I notice on your GPS watch your max speed was 15 mph…wow…talk about speed walking!

By: Chris Guillebeau

Chris Guillebeau — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:59:32 +0000

This is the best damn marathon writeup ever! Hilarious — and all true, as I can attest to at least the first nine miles.

Seriously, this is a great accomplishment and you deserve to wear the medal everywhere you go. I’m sure everyone in France and Italy will appreciate seeing it this time next year.