first 21 k after 18, oops, should be 14 years! (Read 776 times)

finished 21k race in sub 2hrs after a year of prep... race website: http://www.pnpmarathon.co.za/Content/GenericContent.aspx?eid=6&group=Home&name=N/A time 1:54:30 actually 1:54:24! OK so its not superfast, but I am pleased with this and now intend to build-up to Marathon in November. 2009 Ultimate goal is Comrades ulta (89k) in 2010 .....

Right on! Nice job, and keep it rolling, Lincoln. 89K will not run itself, so you've got plenty of motivation!

Motivation?!

For me, motivation started as a circled date on a calendar. Calendar entries are driven by my perceived limit, currently two marathons a year. With that in mind, I try to look about six months ahead. A couple nights ago I was positively drooling over the slideshow in the middle of the Mount Desert Island Marathon homepage (if for no other reason than the rare sighting of bloody nipples on the winner's stand, it's worth a look). Unfortunately it conflicts with volunteering at my club's BayState Marathon so I can't run it this year. I'll probably pencil in the Hartford Marathon soon. Once the target is set, I write my training schedule on the calendar and usually find that I'm a couple of weeks behind. It took quite a while for me, but these days addiction = motivation. Somewhere along the line, I went from scheming reasons to skip a run to scheming ways to get a run in. If I get in a quick five in the morning, drive to my son's soccer match, then do another five when I get home... When I started this thing, I never woulda thunked it. Run easy and MTFU (mileage the heck up). Be careful Lincoln, addiction could happen to you. MTA: hanging around RA is another OUTSTANDING source of motivation. For one good example, you can find POQ's first marathon report on my homepage's favorite links.