2009 Capital City Marathon

I know, I know, why don't I give it a rest??? Well it has been 2 weeks since my last marathon :) and I looked at http://www.marathonguide.com/ last week and noticed that there was a marathon Sunday May 17th, 2009 in Olympia, Washington called the Capital City Marathon and so I signed up last Wednesday.

I still had those 2 small blisters that weren't healed yet but I used some fabric band aids and only ran 6 miles on Friday and took the rest of the night and Saturday off from exercise. This time I also wore a cycle skull cap instead of a hat and it worked really well to use as a towel for my face and it was easier to hold when it got a little warm. I also used a running belt (without water holders) instead of stuffing things in my pockets. I took my iPhone for tunes which they allowed headphones at the last minute so that really helped for the lonely streets. My legs were tired of course but there were no cramps which I was very happy about and no new blisters and the other ones didn't get worse. I made sure my socks were 100% synthetic and had no cotton this time, bandaged my blisters and lubed my toes. Plus I used Superfeet insoles.

My time was 3:33.51 which was 14 minutes faster than the last time and I came in 48th overall and 15th in my category which I'm very happy about for my second marathon.

My wife was able to be there to cheer me on so she took a couple of videos: