6 days

... 'til the marathon! 6 days!!

I biked in today and it really was very pleasant. Just a nice quiet Portland morning, full of people walking dogs and cats walking themselves, and not many cars. Then I went to the gym and did my upperbody work, which brings me to a question:

In the Portland Marathon, you can sign up for Clydesdale and Bonnydale if you meet those criteria (eg, are not skinny-skinny). An option within that is the Pump and Run, where you bench press a certain amount of weight (in my case, 120 lbs) at the Expo. So... is there any benefit at all to doing the Pump and Run? I looked at last year's results, which were broken down by age and weight--and saw nothing about the Pump and Run whatsoever. Or is this just for your own personal bragging rights (which is nothing to cough at!)?

Anyways, I couldn't remember the number of pounds, so I did do the bench press but only at 60 lbs. Can I do 120? Does it matter?