OK - I know I've been bad and haven't posted for a month. I honestly didn't think anyone was reading my blog, but was enlightened by Jaime H that people are reading it and that I do need to keep writing.
I have started my taper! In the past month I have done 2 20 mile training runs. My last one was a week ago (I ran it by myself and that was definitely harder than running with the group). So now I get to start cutting down my miles in order to help my body recharge before the race -- which is only about two weeks away! Tomorrow we'll be doing 14 miles and then Sunday I'll hopefully make it out to support some of the people I have been training with that are running the Twin Cities Marathon.
Also I got my bib number -- #5136...so clearly that is my new favorite number :-) I'm really starting to get anxious about the race and it feels weird cutting down my miles. My body has become a bit addicted to the running and feels odd when I take days off now. So I'm going to have to figure out what the heck I'm gonna do when winter comes...yay for thermal running tights?
On a more serious note - I have another person I am running for: Doug Harrington. This is the father of one of my best friends, Kayley. He passed away last Wednesday, Sept. 28th from lung cancer that had spread to his bones. I know that my race and fundraising is focused on blood cancers, but I think any progress we can make in fighting any form of cancer is a step in the right direction. Doug was honestly one of the most caring and good-hearted people I have met in my life. I can not imagine what his family is going through right now, and I only hope that the fundraising and run that I am about to do in some way will help prevent this kind of tragedy in the future. I will definitely be thinking of Doug during the tough miles of my race.
Friday, October 5, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Sept 5th
So a lot of great things have happened since my last post. I have increased my pace when I'm running, I completed my first 16 mile run, and I have reached my fundraising minimum!
I have really picked up the pace at my last two long runs. This last Saturday my 13.1 mile mark time was about 2 hours 4 minutes compared to my 2 hour 30 minute finishing time back in the first week of August. I might actually have a chance of finishing the race in under 5 hours!
This past Saturday I also reached 16 miles. It's the farthest I've run so far and it was a great feeling to reach that milestone. This week we have a back down week and so we'll just be doing 12, but then next Saturday we're kicking it all the way up to 20 miles. Yeah, I can't believe it. It's going to be tough and it's the longest we'll run before the race, but I'm actually not as worried as I used to be.
Lastly, I have reached my fundraising minimum of $3600. Although I set my personal goal at $4000, I have always had a minimum of $3600 to raise. Any amount that I didn't raise from that I would have to pay out of my own pocket - and now I don't have to worry about that! It's great to be able to focus just on the training aspect of the program for the last month before the race. Thank you to everyone who helped me reach this point!
I have really picked up the pace at my last two long runs. This last Saturday my 13.1 mile mark time was about 2 hours 4 minutes compared to my 2 hour 30 minute finishing time back in the first week of August. I might actually have a chance of finishing the race in under 5 hours!
This past Saturday I also reached 16 miles. It's the farthest I've run so far and it was a great feeling to reach that milestone. This week we have a back down week and so we'll just be doing 12, but then next Saturday we're kicking it all the way up to 20 miles. Yeah, I can't believe it. It's going to be tough and it's the longest we'll run before the race, but I'm actually not as worried as I used to be.
Lastly, I have reached my fundraising minimum of $3600. Although I set my personal goal at $4000, I have always had a minimum of $3600 to raise. Any amount that I didn't raise from that I would have to pay out of my own pocket - and now I don't have to worry about that! It's great to be able to focus just on the training aspect of the program for the last month before the race. Thank you to everyone who helped me reach this point!
Friday, August 24, 2007
August 24th
Wednesday night we were back at Lock & Dam and I did 10 hill repeats! For those of you that don't know the Lock & Dam hill -- that's a lot of work! Ha
Tomorrow I will be doing the team run and then frantically trying to get ready for a wedding up in Little Falls. Usually after my long weekend runs I end up crashing and taking a long nap, but no rest tomorrow! Let's hope I don't fall asleep in the ceremony, because that would be horrible.
Not much else to report. Those interested in attending the Gasthof Dinner & Silent Auction should let me know ASAP because I need to have all ticket orders in within the next two weeks.
Tomorrow I will be doing the team run and then frantically trying to get ready for a wedding up in Little Falls. Usually after my long weekend runs I end up crashing and taking a long nap, but no rest tomorrow! Let's hope I don't fall asleep in the ceremony, because that would be horrible.
Not much else to report. Those interested in attending the Gasthof Dinner & Silent Auction should let me know ASAP because I need to have all ticket orders in within the next two weeks.
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