Next time around, you could throw this tire on your list to consider. It's a fairly heavy tire (especially considering this is in the race portion of our catalog), but will roll nicer than the Marathon or Marathon Plus. It has a very similar puncture protection belt as the Marathon Plus, but in a "race" style tire with a dual compound for better conrering grip.

http://www.schwalbetires.com/bike_ti...es/durano_plus