Marathon Day
Well, the day finally arrived.
All the training and hard work paid off.
Here’s a link to the results: Portland Marathon 2005 Results.
I finished in 5:17:34. I had been shooting for about 5 hours, but I’m just happy to have finished.
UPDATE:
Here are some photos from race day. Be kind. I make terrible faces in some of them.
UPDATE #2:
A quick note to mention Gary Bering.
He was my walking pal from about the 22.5 mile point until just after mile 25. Thanks for the conversation and comiseration (if that’s even a word).
UPDATE #3:
A bunch of people from Bellingham in the race (55, including me):
- Rusty Dodge
- Lance Romo
- James Healy — I think I may have gone to high school with this guy.
- Olivier Vrambout
- Ryan Bauthu Bauthues
- Bart Hawkinson
- Mickey Kenny
- James Ford
- John Whipple — A camp counselor of mine back in middle school.
- Nico Laninga
- Jason Gulley
- David Jefferson
- Steve Allen
- David Mauro
- James Knox
- Marvin Sargent
- Chris Runyan
- Marshall Dallas
- Ron Sonntag
- Chris Thorndike-Kent
- Louis Kaszubski
- Gregory Theisen
- Otto Rosenhall
- David Kantorowitz
- Nathan Warren
- Ramiro Castanon
- Amy Myers
- Alina Brown
- Nicole Bartko
- Lisa Kristin
- Cara Johnson
- Tracie Lease
- Karli Koning
- Nicole Reese
- Tamara Adams
- Erin Gaulding
- Kristi Thorndike-Kent
- Monica Stairs
- Sarah Johnston
- Randee Hahn
- Lisa Theisen
- Catrina Bremer
- Julie Berglund
- Kathleen Campbell
- Shirley Johnson
- Rachelle Verbarendse
- Jean Brandland
- Jodi Hewitson
- Wendy Crandall
- Nanette McDowell
- Sandy Hamm
- Paula Fuhrman
- Rebecca De Ruiter
- Jeanne Bach
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Comments
Nice job! Congratulations!
comment by Brian Rollo on 2005-10-10 @ 7:22 am
bien fait!
well done cam!
comment by Lola on 2005-10-11 @ 11:44 am
Cameron,
I’m am so incredibly proud of you and your perserverance. Your diligence in training paid off and you developed some awesome leg muscles. Congratulations!
comment by Liz on 2005-10-12 @ 5:18 am
[...] Since finishing the marathon, I’ve realized that I need to keep exercising. Often. I think for now, I’ll definitely continue running, but I’ll focus on maintaining a manageable number of miles per week, probably in the neighborhood of 20-30 miles per week. At least until I have to start training for next year’s Portland Marathon, which will probably begin around the end of May. [...]
comment by h2os.org :: The Life and Times of Cameron Watters :: Resuming Exercise After The Race on 2005-11-08 @ 11:20 am
Congrats Cameron. It may have been your first marathon but I’ll bet it’s not your last.
comment by James on 2005-12-08 @ 6:10 pm