It's Been A While

Wow! I started this blog almost two years ago and ended up only writing one entry. Well a lot has happened since that entry. I completed the City of Oaks Half in October 09, the Disney Princess Half in March 2010 and the Disneyland Half in September of 2010. I also ran the Marine Corps Marathon in October of 2010. My first marathon was very hard and I was not nearly as well trained for it as I should have been. I am glad that I finished but I know that I can do better.

That brings us to now. After running Marine Corps I said I would never run another marathon. The training was too time consuming and "it stops being fun after 13". About a week after I got back from DC I watched the NYC marathon on TV. I fell in love! I told myself that if I ever ran another marathon it would have to be NYC. The next day I registered for the 2011 NYC Marathon lottery thinking I would get one of my "3 strikes and your in" years out of the way (if you enter the lottery 3 years in a row and don't get in you automatically get in on your 4th year). Well April 27th came along and I was shocked to find out that I actually got in! Guess that means I will be running another marathon after all!

So now I am training for my second marathon. I decided early on that I need to find a training group to make those long runs easier. I have found that I push myself more when I am running with other people and it makes the time go by faster!

Back in May I joined the Raleigh Galloway training program. Having trained with the Run/Walk method and just running I have found that I am faster when using the run/walk and my body doesn't take such a beating. We are up to 10-12 miles this week and other than the awful heat and humidity the runs have been great.

I have some other races on my calendar besides NYC this year. So far I am registered for the Warrior Dash in August, Rock and Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon in September, and I am hopefully going to run the MS Mud Run and the Ramblin Rose Half in the fall as well.

Hopefully I will keep up with this blog better this time around! I'm looking forward to logging all my training efforts here!