Today, we decided to go for a run in honor of the Boston Marathon. Around 5 miles at a steady pace. Good conversation and great company.
We are blessed to have the health, strength, ability and safe environment to run in. Simply put, we run because we can…. and thats reason enough. 🙂
Congrats to all those that participated!
There are three things that I dislike when doing a race, and Boston’s race had all three of them. 1. I hate when it starts so late in the morning that the sun is in your eyes while you’re running. (but at least I brought my cap) 2. I HATE u-turns on the course (but at least I got to see Scott as he passed me) 3. And I can’t stand hills (but at least I was fast enough to get over them quickly and still beat my personal record!!!!)
2:12:30!! I kicked all kinds of butt and hurt all kinds of feelings!!!! I beat my time by over three minutes!! 2:12:31 baby!! Oh, yeah!!
Ok, so I am admittedly the laziest blogger ever. Since the school year started I haven’t been very dedicated to this site and I apologize. That being said, just because I haven’t been blogging doesn’t mean I haven’t been running and running HARD. I have been super dedicated to my goal of improving my personal time by one minute each race this season and…. I DID IT!
Our next race is in November and the pressure is on! Can I keep beating my time or have I plateaued? I don’t know but I’m training hard and am staying focussed.
Its back to school time… which also means that I’ll be going back to work now after having had a wonderfully relaxing summer vacation. Luckily, it also means that South Florida’s running season will soon begin! Whereas the rest of the country is trying to enjoy the last days of warm weather before fall and winter bring on unbearable cold, us Floridians are in hibernation during the opposite time of the year. May through August (and even September) can have some pretty unbearably hot days. Summer time’s temperatures can go high up into the 90’s. Its really a time of year best reserved for short, early-morning runs and cross training.
November through March are really the best months to get out there and get some mileage in. This is also when most of our local races are scheduled!
Last year’s running season was epic for me. I improved my 1/2 marathon PR (Personal Record) from 2:31 to 2:16 (I told you that I wasn’t very fast but I’m proud of it). Improving a full 15 minutes in one year’s time is pretty amazing, if I don’t say so myself. This season, I’m up for the challenge of pushing myself even harder. My mind is changing, my running style is changing and my body is changing. I am inspired to set another goal. One that will truly make me push my mind and body a little further than before. I will try to PR by 1 minute: each race I run this season.
My first challenge wont even be in my home state: Allstate 13.1 Half Marathon in Boston on September 15th! Can I clock in at 2:15? I’m sure as hell gonna try! http://www.131marathon.com/boston/
I will, of course, be posting my progress as the running season progress. I have 5 Half Marathons scheduled for this season so far and I’m excited.
Here is my race schedule:
13.1 Boston 15-Sep-13
Disney Wine & Dine Half 9-Nov-13
Palm Beach Half 8-Dec-13
ING Half/Full 2-Feb-14
13.1 Miami Beach 2-Mar-14
What are your goals this season? What do you hope to achieve? How do you plan on achieving this? Who will be supporting you/ accompanying you? Please share with me! either as a comment to this page or via email. I’d love to hear your stories and feature them on the blog!
Little Miss Sunshine State 