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| No one reads this thing anymore, but hey it's a running log...YATTA !!! I DID IT !!! Kevin, Pat and I set out 6 AM on a Saturday morning looking to complete a 26.2 mile journey...WITHOUT TRAINING. The Baltimore Marathon was hard enough with months of training, but I didn't want my registration fee to go to waste and for Pat to run his first marathon alone, so Kevin and I decided to run in the Walt Disney World Marathon about 2 weeks before the race. Time: Almost twice as long as the Balimore Marathon (6 hours, 40 min = 15 min pace) Motivation: Gotta get back into shape Body: Play this game - take a deck of cards and draw 10 cards face down. Flip each card over one at a time and do the corresponding number of pushups. J-Q-K = 10, A = 11. Whew! | | |
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WALT DISNEY MARATHON??
-january.07.2007
on another note, why do bikes have to be so expensive? im not even talking about the fancy kind with engines and stuff..just the kind you have to pedal yourself.
sheesh all i want to do is start triathalon-aling 
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The Baltimore Marathon : 3 hours, 26 minutes
It was a gorgeous day for running, and I
started off pretty strong. The GEICO pace group I linked up with really
helped, and Keith and Mark were disciplined enough to click off the
miles at a 7:38 pace. We ran around Ft. McHenry and I held my right hand
to my chest thinking about what had happened there more than two
centuries ago. As we passed mile 13, I prayed that my knee would hold
up, since just two weeks ago, thats when it gave out. Everything was ok
until mile 16, when we hit the rolling hills of northeast Baltimore.
-I have never endured anything harder than those last 10 miles.
As I sucked wind like none other, my drive would rise and fall with the
rolling hills, but as soon as I saw the 24 mile marker, my spirits
lifted knowing that I only had 20 minutes to go. But soon after
that...it happened.
-My left knee gave out.
It started talking to me halfway
through, but I thought nothing of it. By the last two miles, it
was screaming so loudly that I couldnt think of anything else. I had to let
the pace group pull away, and ended up running at a 7:38 pace, to
limping it in at around a 12min pace.
I can barely walk right now, and it takes more than a concerted effort
getting in and out of my car. I dread Monday, when my 10min walk to
class will probably take half an hour.
BUT IT IS OVER...I made it in 4 minutes under my goal, and man life feels good.
At the very least, I can look back at
this and say that I did something that most don't want to do...can't do...or even think about wanting to do (?) =)
....but this is just the beginning. They say people peak 10 years after they start running. Here we go...
-a heartfelt thanks to Bob. I wouldn't of made it those last couple miles without you.
body: completely destroyed. rest and recovery is in order
mood: super lifted! I made my pace.
motivation: time to switch gears and hit the gym
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| ::shields up::
I don't know what to feel right now. I met the most amazing girl just 3
weeks ago and we have so much in common. The thing is...she has a
boyfriend. Or HAD a boyfriend rather. Things took off so fast between
her and I, and just thinking about her can lift my day.
I think I've found something very special here...but the past has taught me not to get in over my head...
I want to fall for her SO BAD...but I can't help but feel that things
might take a turn for the worse. So I put up this wall...so that I
don't get in over my head. I guess it's a trust issue. She says that
she'll never hurt me...but why can't I shake the feeling that it's
inevitable.
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