I signed up for the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in June! My friend is moving there in 2 weeks so the timing will be perfect for us to crash with her and hang out for a few days. I'm super excited!
At this point, I've pretty much decided not to do a half ironman this year. I will continue to cross train, but I want to focus on my running and build up endurance. Maybe a 50K soon? =)
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
It's a miracle!
3 days after the Arizona Marathon and I'm able to run up and down the stairs - for real?!? I'm very happy that my body is recovering much faster this time. It took me 3 days to stop scooting down the stairs on my butt after the Seattle Marathon, and even then I didn't walk normal for 5 or 6 days. This is excellent news! Too bad it's SnowMaggedon outside and I haven't been able to go anywhere to actually get a decent run in.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Yay! I did it again!!
Finished the Arizona Rock & Roll Marathon in 3:32:41!
Just barely qualified for the Boston Marathon in my division, but the battle is just beginning. The way sign-up works now, on top of cutting the requirement times to make it harder, they also allow people to sign up in increments. Those who meet their division times by more than a certain number of minutes get to sign up on Day 1, those who beat it by less sign up on Day 2, and I think it drags out for a few days before it's a free-for-all for the rest of the qualifiers. Since I just barely made it, I'll probably be one of the last, if there are still spots open at that point. *sigh* I might consider doing the Seattle Rock & Roll just to try and get under 3:30, but we will cross that bridge when we get there.
On the positive side, my legs are a lot better today already. I'm actually running up and down the stairs, whereas last time i had to shimmy down on my butt for a few days. I definitely think I was more prepared this time, and the course was much flatter, but what I didn't consider was the dry air that I'm not used to. I sounded like a smoker all Sunday after running in that dry heat, although, the temperature was near perfect so I really can't complain.
Similar to the Vegas R&R, people didn't get to the start line on time, but rather than just leaving them, the start time actually got pushed out 30 minutes. Yeah, we waited for them. It was annoying because we were cold standing out there in shorts and such, but I think it was nice of them to wait. People spend a lot of time, effort, money to participate and organizations should definitely take that into consideration.
The bands at this race were awesome! They weren't very attractive, mostly older folks, but they were almost all cover bands. So, each time I ran by one, I recognized the songs and they were good. It was motivating. Another thing that made the time go by were the doggies people had. I noticed that most people had fluffy, beautiful dogs in Arizona, big and small. I saw lots of shitzus and maltese, and some very large fluffy dogs as well. They reminded me of Beezy and kept me going. In contrast, Seattle folks usually have labs and mutts. Nothing wrong with that, just doing a little comparison.
Anyway, I'm very happy with the results and also very grateful for having a wonderful bf to support me and take care of me on these endeavors. <3
Just barely qualified for the Boston Marathon in my division, but the battle is just beginning. The way sign-up works now, on top of cutting the requirement times to make it harder, they also allow people to sign up in increments. Those who meet their division times by more than a certain number of minutes get to sign up on Day 1, those who beat it by less sign up on Day 2, and I think it drags out for a few days before it's a free-for-all for the rest of the qualifiers. Since I just barely made it, I'll probably be one of the last, if there are still spots open at that point. *sigh* I might consider doing the Seattle Rock & Roll just to try and get under 3:30, but we will cross that bridge when we get there.
On the positive side, my legs are a lot better today already. I'm actually running up and down the stairs, whereas last time i had to shimmy down on my butt for a few days. I definitely think I was more prepared this time, and the course was much flatter, but what I didn't consider was the dry air that I'm not used to. I sounded like a smoker all Sunday after running in that dry heat, although, the temperature was near perfect so I really can't complain.
Similar to the Vegas R&R, people didn't get to the start line on time, but rather than just leaving them, the start time actually got pushed out 30 minutes. Yeah, we waited for them. It was annoying because we were cold standing out there in shorts and such, but I think it was nice of them to wait. People spend a lot of time, effort, money to participate and organizations should definitely take that into consideration.
The bands at this race were awesome! They weren't very attractive, mostly older folks, but they were almost all cover bands. So, each time I ran by one, I recognized the songs and they were good. It was motivating. Another thing that made the time go by were the doggies people had. I noticed that most people had fluffy, beautiful dogs in Arizona, big and small. I saw lots of shitzus and maltese, and some very large fluffy dogs as well. They reminded me of Beezy and kept me going. In contrast, Seattle folks usually have labs and mutts. Nothing wrong with that, just doing a little comparison.
Anyway, I'm very happy with the results and also very grateful for having a wonderful bf to support me and take care of me on these endeavors. <3
Friday, January 6, 2012
First post of 2012!
I set a resolution to run 1,750mi this year. That's approximately 35mi per week for 50 weeks. As long as I don't run into injury, I think it's totally do-able.
I will also be aiming for the photo-shopped abs - such is the case every year and I usually end up deciding that I just love carbs too much. Speaking of carbs, the low carb diet started off well, but the NYE weekend in Mt. Hood pretty much slaughtered it. Been back on the wagon, though, this week and going strong!
I printed out my confirmation form for the Arizona R&R marathon next weekend. Number 1428! Yup, that's corral numbero uno! I stated my goal as 3:20:00. I didn't realize that would put me so far up, but it's better than getting stuck in the crowd. I'm getting excited, even though I hurt my neck pretty bad snowboarding last weekend and haven't been able to put in much mileage this week. I will try to do double digits on Sunday and jog a bit next week in preparation. I've been monitoring the weather in Phoenix and it is marvelous! Pretty excited just to get out of this crappy Seattle weather.
I will also be aiming for the photo-shopped abs - such is the case every year and I usually end up deciding that I just love carbs too much. Speaking of carbs, the low carb diet started off well, but the NYE weekend in Mt. Hood pretty much slaughtered it. Been back on the wagon, though, this week and going strong!
I printed out my confirmation form for the Arizona R&R marathon next weekend. Number 1428! Yup, that's corral numbero uno! I stated my goal as 3:20:00. I didn't realize that would put me so far up, but it's better than getting stuck in the crowd. I'm getting excited, even though I hurt my neck pretty bad snowboarding last weekend and haven't been able to put in much mileage this week. I will try to do double digits on Sunday and jog a bit next week in preparation. I've been monitoring the weather in Phoenix and it is marvelous! Pretty excited just to get out of this crappy Seattle weather.
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