“You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming.” -Frank Shorter (U.S. Olympic Marathon Gold Medal winner 1972) But … If I forget my last marathon, then I would never attempt another one.Its the memory of the joy, the thrill, the excitement, the untold happiness and also the nervousness, the despair, the frustration, the pain that drives me to attempt my next one and to look forward to reliving all those sensations…
Next time, the clock will not be reading 6:xx:xx 🙂
Dec 24th, Christmas Eve is a day I don’t think I will ever forget. 2 years ago, as the first training day to the ING Georgia Half Marathon, I took my first running step. I whined more than I ran. And I started this blog to keep records and not go insane with all that running. What a madhouse 2 years its been. My first year – I completed the 13.1 miles (crying the last 3 miles in pain), I…
After 3 bad long runs (Thanksgiving Half debacle, 12.5 miles on Columns Dr when my hamstrings and hipflexors protested, 12 miles at Buckhead when the hills beat me up mentally), I was long due for a good one. Granted today’s course wasn’t as hilly as last week and it was marvelous to finish up with almost 2 miles of downhill; the run was still wonderful. A run that assures me that I am not crazy to sign up for another marathon 🙂…
From the December issue of Runner’s World When I joined Get Fit Atlanta the target fall race was Savannah, an entire month after Chicago. Dick and Felecia (and Lorraine from Run Wifey Run) were doing Chicago as well and I soon found myself running 2-4 extra miles in the early morning with them before joining the rest of the group. Dick and Felecia have been running buddies for a long time and speedier people. I remember being super nervous and a…
It has taken me a good 2 days to come to peace with my performance in the Thanksgiving Day Half Marathon.To understand that this needed to happen, so I can learn to deal with it.To understand my limitations and my strengths.To understand that everything can go wrong without warning. And to learn a very important lesson – Respect the Distance (to quote John Bingham). I had decided to treat this race as a training run, yet I did not do any…
I like my food guilt-free and 13.1 miles is the best way to earn that food! A week before the race I had a trail run disaster and sprained my ankle. I was given clearance to run on thanksgiving, but not the practice runs. I was a little wary of going in with only one 12 mile run (almost a month ago), but I’ve done 13+ miles about 10 times in the past 6 months. And so it should…