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Running the 2016 Boston Marathon for Children's Hospital
Erica, if you snoop around in some of the other threads here, I think you'll find at least a few people looking to qualify for 2009. Even if you miss you goal in January, that still leaves you with plenty of time for another shot later in the year. Just keep plugging and putting in the miles, you'll get there!
Michelle
*raises hand* I think I'm going to try. I'm not 100% sure yet though.
Maybe I need to post some pictures of canolli's from Mike's Pastry to help you make up your mind! Michelle, with your speed at shorter distances, if you work on your endurance to go along with that, I think you, along with Pam, are both shoe ins to qualify.
I'm at a confusing stage of training. I am desperate for my 5k goal and yet I want to venture into longer distances. I'll figure it out.
Here's some food (canolli's!) for thought... Yes, the training to excel at 5k's is a lot different than the training to excel at the marathon. But, few people while training for 5k's will improve their marathon time in the process. But many people often improve their 5k times while training for the marathon. Granted, you won't improve your 5k time as much while training for a marathon as you would if you were training specifically for a 5k, but why not go for the marathon and see what your 5k times do along the way. Have your cake ( or canolli ) and eat it too!
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
Thank you Bob. Those are all very good points! And you just have to keep mentioning sweets don't you?!? What I think that I need to do is get my 21 minute 5k goal, after all, it shouldn't be this difficult! Once I do that I'll feel a lot better and I'll be able to then focus on building up my mileage. I just feel like I'm cheating myself until I reach my original goal and I keep getting off track making this take too long.
Good luck with your goal, I hope you get it soon! A lot of people successfully do what you are doing, which is start out with shorter distances and work your way up. It's a good plan. I mentioned a book to a person in another thread... "Road Racing for Serious Runners" by Pete Pfitzinger. It covers what you need to know about training for races from the 5k up to the marathon. A lot of good stuff is in there.
Wait, are you guys talking about Mike's Pastry in the North End?
Aha! And how do you know about Mike's Pastry on the North End???? Busted! So what's your take on that place?
Funny story - we had a fairly severe house fire last month (four days after we bought the house), and we spent a few nights in the Marriott Long Wharf, eating out in the North End. This is actually also why my September mileage is so low - er, not because of eating in the North End, though that is certainly a possible scenario. We bopped around from hotel to hotel for several weeks. Yummy.
Where's the funny part? Geez, that's awful! But I guess if you are gonna be stuck anywhere, it might as well be the North End, especially if you are a runner! Are you back in your house again hopefully?