Originally uploaded by our silly family.
Nathaniel and I finished the Thunder Road Marathon in Charlotte yesterday. My foot/ankle wasn’t fully healed from what was probably a sprain a week or so ago, so it was pretty painful for me. I ended up about 35 minutes off my goal time, but I’m glad just to have survived. The first half was really hard on me, and it took me a while to adjust, but I knew I had to finish.
So, once I got everything straight with my shoes and my new gait, I got to where I could run most of every mile. My final time was about 4:24, splitting 9:05 on the first half and 10 something on the second. Physically painful, but I feel really good to have gotten through it depite it all.
The track was more hilly than anything I’d ever attempted, so if I’m healthy for the NYC marathon, where the Verrazano Bridge is the only real hill, that’ll seem easy in comparison (I hope!). But the verdict is in– I’m definitely gonna run more marathons. Nathaniel seems to feel the same way.
Here’s my big nasty bruise that is probably evidence that I shouldn’t have run:
& if anyone cares, here’s my run playlist– “The Clap,” by Cherry Valence was the first song to come up, and Colin Meloy’s acoustic cover of “Sister I’m a Poet” was, strangely, the track that I was listening to when I crossed the finish line.
A Certain Ratio   Do the Du
ABBAÂ Â Â Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
ABBAÂ Â Â Mamma Mia
ABBAÂ Â Â SOS
ABBAÂ Â Â Super Trouper
Aceyalone   The Faces
Air Miami   World Cup Fever
Bardo Pond   Tommy Gun Angel
Bauhaus   Kick In The Eye
Baxter Dury   Gingham Smalls 2
Baxter Dury   Lucifer’s Grain
Baxter Dury   Oscar Brown
Black Moth Super Rainbow   I Am The Alphabet
Blur   To The End
Bowery Electric   Fear Of Flying
Brian Eno   Here Come The Warm Jets
Broker/Dealer   Can’t Believe
CAM`RON Â Â Â Hey Ma
Cherry Valence   Lose That Smile
Cherry Valence   The Clap
Chromeo   Fancy Footwork
Colin Meloy   Sister I’m A Poet
Cub   New York City
De La Soul   Brakes
Devo   Jerkin’ Back ‘n’ Forth
Dub Narcotic Sound System   Shake A Puddin
E.S.G.   You’re No Good
Egyptian Lover   Egypt Egypt
Flin Flon   Upper Ferry
Four Tet   Smile Around The Face
Garden Variety   Harbored
Gary Numan   Films
Glass Candy   Digital Versicolor
Glass Candy   Rolling Down The Hills (Spring Demo)
Gwen Stefani   Crash
Happy Mondays   God’s Cop
Henry Badowski   Henry’s In Love
Hercules and Love Affair   Athene
Honeymoon Killers   laisse tomber les filles
Huon   Complex
Ian Brown   Gettin’ High
Ikara Colt   At The Lodge
Jawbreaker   Boxcar
Jesus & Mary Chain Featuring Mazzy Star   Sometimes Always
Joanna Newsom   The Book of Right-On
Joe Jackson   A Slow Song
Joe Jackson   Another World
Joe Jackson   Look Sharp!
Joy Division   Disorder
Joy Division   Isolation
Justice   D.A.N.C.E
Koufax   It Had to Do With Love
Kraftwerk   Spacelab
Ladytron   Seventeen
LCD Soundsystem   Someone Great
Le Tigre   Well Well Well
Liz Phair   Support System
Lou Reed   Hangin’ Round
Luscious Jackson   City Song
Lynnfield Pioneers   Crossfade
MAKE-UPÂ Â Â They Live By Night
Mayo Thompson   Black Legs
Mayo Thompson   Good Brisk Blues
Mayo Thompson   Side Two To You
Mayo Thompson   Venus In The Morning
Michael Jackson   Rock With You
Mikkel Metal   Microho
Motorhead   White Line Fever
My Bloody Valentine   Only Shallow
My Bloody Valentine   Soon
Neko Case   Deep Red Bells
Neko Case   Hex
Neko Case   Hold On, Hold On
Neko Case   Knock Loud
Neko Case   That Teenage Feeling
Neko Case   Things That Scare Me
New Sweet Breath   Bring It On
No Doubt   Hella Good
Old 97′s   Timebomb
Oxford Collapse   Lady Lawyers
Oxford Collapse   Please Visit Your National Parks
Palace Music   Work Hard/Play Hard
Polvo   Vibracobra
Princess Superstar   Bad Babysitter (Featuring High & Mighty)
Public Image Ltd.   Socialist
Pulp   Party Hard
Pylon   Feast On My Heart
Ratatat   Seventeen Years
Redd Kross   Look On Up At The Bottom
Royal Trux   Let’s Get Lost
Shocking Blue   Inkpot
Silkworm   Couldn’t You Wait?
Silkworm   I Must Prepare (Tablecloth Tint)
Simian Mobile Disco   Hustler
Smiths   Girl Afraid
Snow Pony   Easy Way Down
Sole Sides Greates Bumps   Latyrx_Lady Don’t Tek No
Solex   A Round Figure
Solex   Oh Blimey!
Solex   Shoot Shoot!
Sons & Daughters   Awkward Duet
Sons & Daughters   Taste The Last Girl
Spoon   Anything You Want
Squeeze   Squabs On Forty Fab
Stephen Prina   Cums For Shove
Stereolab   Miss Modular
Stereolab   Our Trinitone Blast
Stereolab   Tone Burst
Subhumans   Mickey Mouse Is Dead
Suzi Quatro   Strip Me
Talking Heads   Dream Operator
Talking Heads   Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists   Hearts Of Oak
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists   The Ballad Of The Sin Eater
Television   See No Evil
The B-52s   Legal Tender
The Field   Everyday
The Lilys   lilys_nanny_ext
The New Pornographers   From Blown Speakers
The New Pornographers   It’s Only Divine Right
The New Pornographers   Sing Me Spanish Techno
The New Pornographers   The Laws Have Changed
The New Pornographers   Twin Cinema
The Odd Numbers   Holiday
The Stone Roses   I Am the Resurrection
The Stooges   Loose
Warren G & Nate Dogg   Regulators