Interested in running a Marathon???

Here are your options so far for 2006:

The O.C. Marathon Sunday, January 8 -- Orange County, Ca
( MARATHON = 1/2 MARATHON = 5K = COACH'S KIDS MARATHON )

Rock n' Roll Arizona Marathon Sunday, January 15 -- Phoenix/Scottsdale/Tempe
( MARATHON = 1/2 MARATHON )

New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon Sunday, February 5 -- New Orleans, Louisiana
( MARATHON = 1/2 MARATHON = 5K )

The 10th Annual Pacific Shoreline Marathon Sunday, February 5-- Huntington Beach, Ca
( MARATHON = 1/2 MARATHON = 5K )

The L.A. Marathon Sunday, March 19 -- Los Angeles, Ca
( MARATHON = 1/2 MARATHON = 5K )

Big Sur International Marathon Sunday, April 30 -- Carmel, Ca
( MARATHON = MARATHON RELAY = 21-MILE WALK/RUN = 5K )

Salt Lake City Marathon Saturday, June 3 -- Salt Lake City, Utah
( MARATHON = 1/2 MARATHON = 5K = 25-MILE BIKE TOUR )

Rock n' Roll San Diego Marathon Sunday, June 4-- San Diego, Ca
( MARATHON = 1/2 MARATHON )

Seafair Marathon Sunday, July 9 -- Bellevue, Washington
( MARATHON = 1/2 MARATHON = 5K = MARATHON TEAM RELAY )

The San Francisco Marathon Sunday, July 30 -- San Francisco, Ca
( MARATHON = 1/2 MARATHON = 5K )

5:48

I finished the marathon -- 26.2 miles

only took me 5 hours and 48 minutes. ..which is good, seeing as how the cut off time was 6 hrs.

Which means, I made it with time to spare. They gave me a bitchin' medal too !

I'll post a picture here too

in place of this here text. ..

soon as I get my digital camera

to cooperate.

Once they put it around my neck, I really had no intention of taking it off . .. so I wore it over to the Claim Jumper to get me a replenishing size serving of . .. whatever. No one made question about it, even with the John Wayne lookin' demeanor I had going for me as I staggered from here to there.

My goal for next time -- beat my time from this marathon . .. I feel that's reasonable in terms of goal-setting. Besides finishing the marathon, the only thing better is getting to check another goal of the list of life experiences I just can't miss.