I am the worst blogger ever.
I don’t know what happened. I
haven’t written in forever.
May was literally a marathon month for me. I ran two marathons, a half marathon, a 5K
and a 3.5 mile race. It was
amazing. I have never felt so strong as
a runner.
While I intend to do more detailed reports on these races
let me give you a quick recap:
New Jersey Marathon, May 6, 2012: This was going to be my
sub 4 hour race. I had trained for it, I
was ready for it and for various reasons but mainly me taking off like a bat
out of hell and running the first half at a ridiculous pace it didn’t happen. It still ended up being a great race for me
and I finished with a 10 minute PR of 4:23:59!!!
Make it a Great Day Half Marathon, May 19, 2012: I ran this
only because most of my running friends were doing it and I had 13 on the
schedule. The following week I would be
running the Memorial Day Marathon so I was treating it mainly as a training
run. I was hoping to run it under 2
hours but I think I was dehydrated going into it. I felt ok for the first half or so and then
had some cramping. I tried walking at
times and finished in 2:05:37- not my best or worst half marathon time.
Memorial Day Marathon, May, 27, 2012: This was the hardest
race I have ever done and probably the one I most proud of. It can be described as rolling hills for the
first 18 miles and then all uphill for the last 8, with the last 6 being the
hardest uphill ever. Oh and did I
mention the heat and humidity?! That being said this was an awesome race on a
super hot day. I am so glad I did it. I
finished in 4:46:28- again not my best or worst but I earned every mile and I
am proud!
My next race it the Boilermaker, a 15K on July 8th. I am also running the Hudson Mohawk Marathon
on October 7th so training starts in 2 weeks for that. For now, I am in recovery mode, trying to
listen to my body and run however long and fast I feel like. I am amazed at how good my body feels after
all of those races in May. I never
thought I was capable of 2 marathons in a month and now I find myself thinking
about how many more I can do...
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