I wasn’t even going to run this race. We’ve been going the last weekend in February for several years now dating back to ESPN the Weekend, my first race I ever ran was the ESPN the Weekend 5k 3 years ago even. But I ran the Princess Half last year, we had decided to go to Marathon Weekend in January, which we don’t typically do, and I was running the Goofy Challenge, so we just decided to skip this whole trip this year. Unfortunately, about 2 months ago, a good friend John, another Disney freak, took a bad fall but had registered to run. He waited and waited until it was getting close but 2 weeks out decided it wasn’t worth it and put the word out and another good friend Amanda, another Disney freak, texted and said there was a bib available, she’d been hounding me for months to come. So I jumped on it and we made plans to go. Read more
This past weekend I ran my third official half marathon, my second in Disney. This race went much better than the Tybee Half 3 weeks ago, even though I wasn’t much more prepared for this one in such a short time, there’s just something about running in Disney that psychs you up and gets you motivated to run 13.1miles. Read more
This weekend I ran the Tybee Half Marathon, it was part of the Critz Tybee Run Fest, a 5 race, 2 day series of races spaced out so you could run them all and if you did, they add up to a full marathon, 26.2 miles.
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I finally did it. A long time bucket list item has now been checked off the list, I ran a marathon. Since I was a teenager I always wanted to do a triathlon and a marathon so this goal has been a long time coming. I’m not even sure why I had this desire, I never liked running alone until this past year, even last year the slipshod training I thought I was doing for those few 5ks was mind numbingly excruciating. Having a goal and a plan I think was the key! Read more
This is it, the last run before the big race. I’ve done all the training I can do before Saturday. Not to say I couldn’t have done more, I’ve missed some runs, I’ve missed some runs recently even. I’ve justified it by thinking that its better to have missed those particular runs and be healthy but “less ready” than to have attempted them and risked injury. But tonight I finished my last 4 miles on a night run, feeling good, with the moon shining down lighting the roads. Read more
I did it, today I made it through a 20 mile long run and I did it in Vibram Fivefinger Bikilas. 8 months ago as I was slogging my fat gut over the Savannah River on the Bridge run I never would have thought in a million years that I would be able to run 20 miles at one time but here I am. According to my training plan, as modified by Lydia at Fleet Feet, 20 miles is the longest training run I will do prior to the Rock and Roll Marathon in November. Thats not to say that it was great, perfect, or even anywhere near the best run, there were a few issues along the way but I still made it to the end with a very respectable time I think and only room for improvement. Read more
What an awesome run, they should all feel like this. I woke up early, especially for not going to bed til midnight, but laid in the bed reading the iPad for an hour or so until I finally decided that I had to get out of the cozy, warm bed and go run. With only a 4 miler I didn’t bother eating or anything, just headed out with music to fuel me. Read more
Since spring all of my runs have been in the morning, the earlier I can drag myself out of bed the better in order to avoid boiling in South Georgia heat and humidity. When I stepped out of my office, 30′ from my house, and walked in, it felt really nice out, especially in the shade plus we had a breeze, possibly due to hurricane Irene passing by
Today was just one of those days you wish never happened. I didn’t really want to get out of the bed even though I got plenty of sleep last night. Then when I finally got out of bed I was slow to get ready and out the door. The body didn’t feel right, the head wasn’t where it should be, nothing was clicking at all today. Read more
This week is my pullback week. I was used to them happening every 4th week during my buildup phase but they seem more sporadic now, I guess because of the long runs being so much longer and needing more time in between to recover. So I didn’t worry about food or hydration on the run, I just had some water before and headed out. Read more
