2010 Richmond SunTrust Marathon

I completed my first marathon yesterday. I was pretty nervous as my training had been less than adequate,  especially the few weeks right before the marathon. I had started training in a pair of Terra Plana barefoot shoes. I really liked them, but during training, around twelve miles or so I would really start to feel some pain in my knees. I needed a little more cushion than what the barefoot shoes were giving me. I also think that I overtrained with those shoes too early, which helped contribute to those knee issues. In a bold/stupid move, I decided to start running in a pair of Newton Gravitas, which would give me the small amount of cushion I was looking for and help keep me on the pads of my feet. I am still not sold on their land, lever, lift chambers, but otherwise I like the shoe...