I had started my training for the AF Marathon(sept 09) in Jan- but when I got to Iraq in feb, I found out that we could participate in the "boston marathon in Iraq" on April 18th. These were the only shoes I had with me and I started to speed up a little training because when would I get this opportunity again. I finish the race in 5:35:15 after only a good 2.5 months worth of training and my feet never felt better. The roads in Iraq arent like running on a regular road- we had straight rocky roads and plently of dirt to run on, if you want to call any of the race on a road. The only sad part is that I would probably not run another race in them, they seem too broken in now- but I definately still continue to train in them.