Ben Gibbard is apparently running in a marathon. Usually when people do this, they either a) take donations bc they want attention2 brand themselves as a 'good person' AND b) to try to lose some weight so that people tell them how good they look, then the marathoner can be like "Well! I have been training a lot!" Anyways, Benj Gib is doing both because that's just how he rolls, and he needs to keep the weight off to make sure that Zooey Deschanel doesn't fall in love with some1 else while she is filming a generic indie romance with a 3rd tier Hollywood leading male [via Jeff Gordon Levitts].

Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service) is running the LA Marathon on March 20 and is asking fans to donate $26 – $1 for each mile that he runs – to the non-profit organization 826 LA, which is dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write by providing after-school tutoring, evening and weekend workshops and more.

Do u think Ben Gibbard has a chance of winning this marathon?
Will Zoey Deschanel be embarrassed if his time is too slow?
Is 'running a marathon' the ultimate mid-life crisis move?
Have u ever ran in a marathon?
Is the NYC Marathon 'more alt' than the LA Marathon [via exclusivity]?
Will Ben Gibbard raise 'mad bank' for this charity, or will the charity be like "Why can't u be like the Arcade Fire and give us $1 million of ur sales?"

I miss the old, hefty Ben... :-(

Ben Gibbard

Alternative Celebrity

Ben Gibbard is the lead singer of the Death Cabs and the now defunct Postal Service. Zooey Deschanel married him to be more indie.

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