About this time last year my brother-in-law Brian asked me if I would be interested in running a marathon with him in the fall. Most sensible people would have said thanks, but no thanks and would not even attempt it. I reluctantly agreed to give it a shot and this past October I completed the Columbus half marathon.( http://www.columbusmarathon.com/ ) While I did not run a full marathon, I was definitely bit by a bug and have now set a goal to complete my first full marathon in Cleveland this May. I have created this blog to help me track my training progress and to share my experience with other runners, novice to experienced, in order to get their feedback and share their experiences as well.
This is the first week of my nineteen week program and today I had to complete an eight mile run. This was the longest run I have done since the half and it felt like it. While it wasn't a fast run by any stretch, it was great to get out and put in some real miles. Here are the details from my effort. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/1703904 I will keep you posted on my progress. Hope everyone has a happy and safe 2009!!
-bgw
2 comments:
How crazy do you become having to run the same roads over and over to get to that mileage?
Did you notice that on the Google earth view, it shows it all as farmland....kinda funny.
Nice work. 8 miles is tough in itself. You're a lot further along in just the prep for Cleveland than for Columbus last fall so you'll be in good shape come May 17th.
Tell me about it....and my neighbors are probably wondering why I keep going by their house over and over again.
I am looking for some new routes but being closer to the country roads out there, its a little risky to leave the neighborhood. Doing it on the bike is one thing, on foot is a completely different gamble.
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