26.2 miles

The Portland Marathon was on Sunday so I met my aunt and uncle downtown to watch our friend Rich run. He had to break the 4 hour mark to qualify to enter the Boston marathon in April and he came in at a cool 3:59.26. Or some time very close to that.

I'm thinking about training for a marathon myself. Might start out with a half-marathon, just to get my feet wet and then we'll see how I feel about the whole situation. My friend Dena recently posted a blog entry about her experience with the Chicago marathon this past weekend. It's all just very inspiring don't you think?