My little brother (18 years old) ran the Deseret News Marathon this morning. He stayed with us, and we got up at 2:30 am to head to the buses. He got on the bus, and I slept for a couple hours in my car. Then I ran up to the mouth of Emigration Canyon and saw him running down. That's when he was starting to hurt (too much downhill). I ran down to Foothill and then south until I found him again. Then I ran with him up foothill for a couple miles. Then I got in my car and went to a couple other places to cheer him on. He finished with a 3:32 on his first marathon, which I think is excellent. He was fourth in his age division. It was kind of fun, too, because this was the same marathon that I ran when I was the same age. It was also great to see some other bloggers and friends running. I saw Mike Warren and Sasha but didn't get a chance to talk to them. And I saw a blonde gal who I think won or placed high. And I saw MaryAnn. It was also cool watching part of the 10k from my car. Anyway, in this process, I ran 9.7 easy miles. My calf was hurting more than usual, but once I got warmed up it wasn't too bad. I decided to give in and went and bought some new Nike Air Pegasus shoes. They felt really comfy in the store. Hopefully this will reduce my number of aches and pains from running in old shoes. That's what people tell me anyway. I used to put 1200-1500 miles on a pair of shoes in high school (my current ones have 900), but I'm not the young guy I used to be. | 