So, I finished the marathon in 2:02:55 (according to my official time on the site).  I was on pace to be under 2:00 until the 11th mile when my legs started to lose all their strength (pretty sore today).  I sort of botched my training by not running at all in the two weeks leading up to the race – I will remember not to do that again.

Hotwire came through again with a really nice hotel in Monterey that we stayed at Saturday night. Overall a pretty great weekend. And here are some pics.

In other news, I recently discovered the cardinal rule of hotdogs: Only order one.  You never really want two, no matter how much you think you do.  Trust me.

Even my mom has started getting on my case for not posting anything recently.  It have had a pretty busy month though.

When not worrying about the election, dancing or cramming in many-body physics texts so as to not make a fool of myself in front of my former advisor, I managed to meet a really great girl.  Yesterday, I carved some pumpkins (an Obama one and an Ubuntu one) at her house and then we went to a party in Berkeley dressed up as Mary Poppins and a Chimney Sweep (me).  You can see some pictures: here.