Des Moines Marathon

Wednesday evening I decided I'd try to participate in the IMT Des Moines Marathon event this year. I've started actually training... for the half marathon... walking. A man's got to know his limitations. Actually, getting ready for this in a month should be reasonable and suitably challenging.

So far, I've gone for two walks of two miles at Gray's Lake. The first provided several reminders regarding things I need to pay attention to when walking distances. The main pain was in my shins. During the second walk, I was more aware and able to adjust my stride and pace and avoided the discomfort.