I ran the IMT Des Moines Marathon on Sunday and it was a beautiful day for it. Started cool and never got too hot. The course was pretty nice with only some gentle hills (well the last one was a little hard but mostly because it was near the end of the race). Some of the course was on trails but they were paved and smooth so they didn't bother my feet wearing my Vibram Five Fingers.
I finished with a personal best of 3:51:21! I’m getting closer to my quest for a Boston qualifying time. Next, Tulsa, OK Route 66 Marathon on November 20th 2011. I've got only five weeks to recover and train. I'm going to try to run even faster in Tulsa. My main objective over the next five weeks is repair, recovery and to begin building again. We'll see how that goes.
