Marine Corps Marathon

This weekend was the 32nd Marine Corps Marathon and the first I have run. Here are the official results:

Bib #: 27082
Official Results:
Chip Time: 3:51:22
Clock Time: 3:57:54

Place
Overall: 3364
Men: 2693
Age Division: 402
Age Grade: 54%

20667 Total Finishers
12610 Males
8057 Females

The Washington Post has posted video here. I will be running on the right side wearing a light blue shirt. When I cross the finish line, the clock says 3:57:54.

(Click here for more pictures.)

Some photos have been posted at marathonfoto.com. You need to search for the 2007 Marine Corps Marathon, and then use my bib number (27082) and last name to get to the pictures of me.

Thanks for all the support. It was a great race and wonderful experience.

A visitor to Goethe's House

A visitor to Goethe's House
Originally uploaded by Papa, aka Don

This visitor has just come out of Goethe's house, a remarkable place indeed, though unfortunately we have no pictures of the inside. Clicking on this photo will lead to a set of pictures taken in Weimar on a day trip early in October.

Buildings

A German Museum Wins Top Architecture Prize

Britain's most prestigious architecture prize was awarded Saturday (Oct. 6) to Germany's Museum of Modern Literature, a classically influenced building of concrete, stone and wood.
The panel of judges for the Stirling Prize called the Museum of Modern Literature, located in Marbach in southwest Germany, "a small Acropolis" overlooking the Neckar River valley.
They described the museum, completed in 2006, as "simultaneously rich and restrained" and praised the architects for delivering style on a relatively small budget of about 12 million euros ($17 million). "This is a remarkably low-cost building in a high-cost country," said the panel of judges.

Praising the subtly lit room holding the museum's permanent collection, the panel said there was "a particular theatricality about this space, as though the reflections, refractions and multiple shadows from the small intense lights collectively represent the soul of the German imagination."

More than 1,300 objects, including letters, documents and personal items from famous 20th century authors, are on exhibit at the museum. It houses Friedrich Nietzsche's death mask and original manuscripts including Franz Kafka's "The Trial" and Alfred Doblin's "Berlin Alexanderplatz."

The $40,000 Stirling Prize is presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects. The winner must be a RIBA member, but the building can be anywhere in the European Union. The award is named after architect Sir James Stirling, who died in 1992.

Dresden's renovated train station, the Casa da Musica in Porto, Portugal, and the America's Cup building in Valencia, Spain were also in the running for this year's Stirling Prize.

Previous winners of the prize, now in its 12th year, include the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh and a cigar-shaped 40-story glass skyscraper in London popularly known as the "Gherkin." (Deutsche Welle/wire reports)

See info@germany.info for the October 12 issue of The Week in Germany. It has great pictures.

Links:
Literaturmuseum der Moderne (LiMo)/ Museum of Modern Literature (in German)
Architecture in Germany (from Germany.info)
Design in Germany (from Germany.info)

Emmett Lazer is born!

My sister delivered a healthy, adorable baby boy tonight (around 7 pm). Andrew and I went over to visit and found that he is already incredibly cute (my unbiased opinion). He has broad shoulders (Andrew pointed out) and weighed 7 lbs and 7 ounces. Baby, father and mother are all doing well and are happy. Andrew considers himself an uncle and already told the baby that he expects to be called Sir Uncle Andrew.