Campbell tames Firery Hell

ND cycling team captain, Tim "DJ Sunshine" Campbell, took part in the 2007 Chicago Marathon. Tim did some warm up chin ups in the garage pre-race, saying " I want to look huge for the ladies." Tim's goals for the day were to gain some marathon experience for Ironman Lake Placid 2008, and hopefully to break the 3 hour mark in his first 26.2 mile run.
Campbell followed Mike Lavery's advise of not running the first mile at sub 5 min mile pace. As Lavery had learned from past marathons, it made you look cool for the first mile, but not at mile 20 when you were walking and or limping like a lame dog. Campbell came through the 13.1 mile mark in just under 1:30, on perfect pace to break 3 hours.

Unfortunately, the blazing hot temperatures of the day were too much for almost all of the runners out there, including Tim, who burnt up in the heat, but still finished in a respectable 3:17.

Campbell commented, " It was tough out there, I struggled from aid station to aid station. Everytime I thought about quitting, I looked down at my glistening muscles and thought ' I look so huge right now, the ladies are loving this ' and it gave the will to go on."

Campbell is now deep into the off season ( Jan Ullrich style) before whipping back into shape for collegiate racing come february.