Heading out to run right now and its 17 degrees here. I'm just so excited to now say I am training for a full freaking marathon and at BOSTON of all places! Just wanted to share my excitement!! I can hardly contain it.
Running is my mental-Ctrl-Alt-Del.
5K Specialist
I hope your training cycle goes well. I am very happy for you.
Personal Bests:
800M - 2:38 (5/28/13) | 1 Mile -5:54 (5/28/13) | 3K - 11:55 (12/29/12) | 2M - 13:00 (12/1/12) | 5K - 20:00 (4/12/13) | 13.1M - 1:37:24 (2/3/13)
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Let me know how much fun you're having in 16 weeks. Best of luck to you!
delicate flower
Enjoy your training, and may the weather on Marathon Day be more favorable.
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Very happy for you. Good luck!
Heh, heh, heh. That's like the excitement on the first day of graduate school. It wears off soon enough.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
Hmm, training through the winter may be better than in the searing heat and stuffy humidity of July & August, which blows.
Haha as I approach my last semester of grad school I can attest to this. Monday is technically week one of training. Im following an eighteen week plan, though it will be tweaked as I am already at a good base going in.
I agree Rick I would much rather train in the cold than the blazing heat for my training. Its tough to get up early as it is and I don't enjoy running before 7am. No thanks.
I will take the heat over our winters because I can wake up early and run in the 70's usually on the hottest days here. When it snows like it may on Sunday I have to negotiate sidewalks where not everyone shovels. Our main roads (lots of traffic since I'm near Boston) have no shoulder because we have those sidewalks. Fortunately this week I can do my long run before the snow starts. I am also not far from the Boston course surface roads which they plow well so I expect to be driving there on occasion for my long runs.
Yeah but that is not heat, RSX!
I find training better than the race. I think I race just to train. Have fun!
Damaris
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I never want to do a long fall race again. Doing 13 mile long runs in 96 degree heat was not my idea of fun last summer.
Yeah the only thing I hate about running in the winter is the build up of snow and ice on my usual routes. I may have to travel to find clearer roads. I'll do what I have to though.
Good luck with your training!
5k - 25:15 (11/18/12)
10k - 1:01:51 (2/14/15)
10mi - 1:33:18 (3/2/14)
HM - 2:06:12 (3/24/13)
Upcoming Races:
Benched until further notice. :/
Everything you need is already inside. [[Bill Bowerman]]
Mmmmm...beer
Good luck!
-Dave
My running blog
Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!