Full Metal Lunchbox

 
Greetings, fellow runners!  How is your training going?

My patellar tendonitis continues to get better, and my doctor's appointment yesterday went well.  I plan to undertake physical therapy as soon as I work out the details with my HMO.

It's been nearly two weeks since I've run, but I'm going to try to do a slow couple of miles this weekend and then gradually build up from there.


My goal remains to run the Marathon faster than Oprah Winfrey, who clocked 4:29:20 in 1994.

Yes, I know this is my first marathon, and yes, my knee is potato salad, and yes, Oprah no doubt had excellent trainers.

But I'm sticking with my goal.  I guess I'm stubborn that way.



So, I'd like to ask a question of my readers who are training for a marathon this year:

What is your personal time goal?  And what led you to pick this time?



While you are thinking about that, here are some other marathon finish times:




Khalid Khannouchi, winner of the 1999 Chicago Marathon in World Record time (2:05:42)









Paula Radcliffe, women's marathon world record holder (2:15:25)









Ed Whitlock, First Man over 70 Years of Age to Break the 3:00 Barrier (2:59:10)










Billy Baldwin (3:24:29)









John Edwards, 2004 Vice Presidential Candidate (3:30:18)









Michael Dukakis, Former Massachusetts Govenor and Presidential Candidate (3:31:00)






President George W. Bush (3:44:52)








Will Ferrell (3:56:12)









Sean "P Diddy" Combs (4:14:54)









Al Gore (4:58:25)









David Lee Roth (6:04:43)









Lloyd Scott, slowest world record (148:30:56)







So, what's your goal?