I'm trying to build mileage for a half marathon in Deadwood, SD and a 30 km trail event in Wyoming two weeks later. My goal is to get to 18 miles before Deadwood on June 8. I have never run more than 15 miles so this will be interesting.
Yesterday, I met my friend, Jen, and we did some jockeying of cars to run a point-to-point course. She only wanted to run 10 and my plan was for 13 so I ran 2 before we met and then a mile on my own afterwards. We started with 3 miles of single track trail with some baby hills and then ventured out on the asphalt. It went pretty well and we ended at City Brew where we had coffee and breakfast. We definitely need to do more trail work and more hills before Wyoming.
I've been doing some thinking about the Portland Marathon in October. Jen is already registered and now another friend is considering it. The pressure is on me to decide. Hubby is supportive and thinks I should just go for it. Honestly, I just don't know if I can get through 26.2 miles.
"I live my life in growing orbits which move out over the things of the world. Perhaps I can never achieve the last, but that will be my attempt. I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years, and I still don’t know if I am a falcon, or a storm or a great song." ~Rainer Maria Rilke
Loving my first time!
My PR's
- 2 mile - 17:38 8/26/06
- 5 km - 28:36 4/15/07
- 5 mile - 42:59 8/25/07
- 10 km - 55:24 9/8/07
- Half Marathon - 2:05:20 6/8/08
- 30 km - 4:31 6/21/08
Upcoming Events
- Bike the Mickelson Trail in Aug 2009
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Since Eugene is out for me, I think I have my eyes set on Portland also for my first marathon. . . there will no doubt be a nice turn-out of masters at that venue too. My vote is for Portland! And the nice thing is that will not be any rate increases, so no added pressure of signing up by a certain time to save a few bucks.
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