The Countdown Is On! January 19, 2007
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I visited the OKC Marathon site today and it hit me quite abruptly: It’s less than 100 days now (99 days, 12 hours, 18 minutes and 30 seconds when I checked) until my friend “Nordictwin” and I run our first marathon!
Nordictwin, will we be ready? I’m feeling a little less than ready since the weather kept me from my normal running routine, but I slid through a 4 miler yesterday evening and it felt really good (the running, not the sliding). I hope to do a 10 miler again on Saturday or Sunday, but we’re supposed to have 5-10 inches of snow this weekend. Snow…much better than the ice we’ve had the last week.
Less than 100 days! I’m getting excited!
New Developments! January 8, 2007
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I’m so excited to find that OKC has a training group for the April 29th marathon. I’ll be running with them every Saturday morning at 8 as long as I’m here in town!
Although I’ve done 10 mile runs without the benefit of either water or camaraderie, I was dreading the longer runs by myself. A local running shop “The Runner” is coordinating water stops for our Saturday morning runs and they anticipate between 40 and 100 people to show up (based on the previous years). This will definitely be a help and encouragement for the long runs.
I had a nice 7 miler on Saturday, averaging a little under 9.5 minutes per mile.
Asics: 7 so far this week, 79 total
Marathons are hard December 12, 2006
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It’s race reports like this one that make me both nervous and hopeful about running a marathon. I’ve been doing a pretty fine job with sticking to my training, so I hope I’ll be ready. My goal: to finish. That’s all I want to do is finish.
Fortunately I’ll have NordicTwin (he’s the silent blogger on this site!) dragging me along behind him for the duration of the run. I can just see us at mile 22…
NordicTwin: Only 4 more miles! Let’s sprint to the finish line!
Me: uugnnghhhhh.
NordicTwin: You’re doing great! Lift your knees a little higher so they aren’t scraping the ground as you crawl!
Me: uunngggghhhh.
NordicTwin: Here, I’ll just jog circles around you to keep you encouraged!
Me: uunngh
