Since I haven't written anything since December 2010, I guess that really was a tough thirty. Running wise, things were going well during the summer. I was easily running 15 miles every Saturday and getting ready to make the push to twenty so I could take on the 50 mile ultra races. I took a teaching job and it has consumed my entire week. Weekends are spent grading and planning for the next week. Only recently have I begun to feel like things are slowing down.
Prior to today, I had only run once in the last 5 weeks. I had been playing some basketball with my team though. Today's run was a short 3.1 miles in 29:33. It didn't feel super easy, but I wasn't gasping for air either. I was fading with 3/4 of a mile to go, but then Jump Around by House Of Pain came on and I had to speed up. If you're Irish and that song doesn't get your blood pumping faster, you must have been adopted. I kicked it in the last half mile to get under thirty minutes.
The goal for 2012 is to run 40 miles in 8 hours. We've (the "we" include myself and the voices in my head that talk to me when I run) got a long way to go (literally and figuratively), but Summer's coming and I plan to have a solid base in by then.
Until next time,
Jump Around, Jump Around
Jump Up, Jump Up, and Get Down.
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- Frank
- I have rediscovered my passion for running. I plan on racing all distances from 5k to marathons in 2010 and 2011. My goals are to first run a marathon in under 4 hours, and then to qualify for Boston--I'll need to run 3:20 or faster. After qualifying for and running the Boston Marathon, I would like to try a 50 mile ultra race. Of course, to accomplish any of these goals, I must find a way to keep my 40 year old body injury free. I will post about my runs and anything that I deem to be interesting.
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