A Three-House Tour

Every Tuesday night, my wife and I meet with three other young couples for a variety of activities. We sing and study the Bible, but a majority of our time is spent basically "hanging out" and encouraging each other in the things we do.

We all live in the same city, though our houses are somewhat far apart. Since the weather was so nice on Sunday, I completed a run which went east to Mark & Heather's house, south to Jamie & Janet's house, west to Steve & Mary's house, and the north back to my house. The "Small Group Trifecta", or perhaps just "The Trifecta", is approximately nine miles long. The scenery wasn't always beautiful, but it was fun to drop a tiny note in each mailbox as I passed by. "Ben was here :)"

New Marathon PR!

Little Rock was a great race. I finished in 3:59:56 on the clock, and my chip time was 3:58:23. It was a bit cold at the start, but things warmed up nicely by the time I was done. It's time for the fun facts:

Miles 1-5	8:51	9:02	8:30	8:46	8:50
Miles 6-10	8:47	9:00	8:24	8:35	8:36
Miles 11-15	8:46	8:52	9:06	8:59	9:44
Miles 16-20	9:04	8:53	8:45	9:11	9:04
Miles 21-25	9:28	9:18	10:16	10:25	10:07
Miles 26-End	9:20	1:44

• Average Pace: 9:09/mile
• First half: 1:55:01 Second half: 2:03:22
• Fastest Mile: #8 (8:24) Slowest Mile: #24 (10:25)
• Race Results (Bib # 500)
• Professional Photos
• Here's a new graph with all seven marathons:

Green Light

All systems are go for the Little Rock Marathon! The weather will be a bit cool, but it should be fairly comfortable for long-distance running.

I won't be posting pace updates real-time, but you might want to check out the live finish line video between 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Central Standard Time. My race number is #500 (how cool is that?), and I'll be wearing a bright green (tennis ball color) shirt and black shorts. Wish me luck! :)