smoothrunner99

I have committed to start a Running Club in my community.

Here is the website:

www.plainfieldrunningclub.org

I am really excited about this goal, advocating and teaching running and launching this community organization.

This is a big challenge. I have a lot of leadership skills that I can bring to such an endeavor, and I know there is an appetite for this club in the community.

I am ready to run a sub-3-hour marathon. I am trained up. I am mentally prepared. All of my training indicators are there. I ran a sub 1:25 marathon on a treadmill just last week.

I have busted my butt the past 15 weeks. I have been running 60-70 mile weeks in the dead of the Chicago winter. OK, a lot of these miles have been on the treadmill.

Nevertheless, I am going to crush my PR at this marathon.

This is it. I am 33 years and in the best running shape of my life. I have a 9 month old daughter and do not have much more time to devote to this sub-3-hour goal.

I need to finish out the program and be absolutely prepared on race day, which is less than 3 weeks off.

I will run a 2:59 or better in Austin on February 15th, 2009.

Wow, it’s been a while since I made any strides toward this goal. So last November came and I took a crack a NaNoWriMo. I survived about 8 or 9 days before cracking and jumping ship. I even deleted the goal from this list.

Last week, while running on the treadmill, I was inspired to write a non-fictional work about my life and running. Sure, there are lots of running books out there. But no one can write about my experiences with my voice except for me. Most of these authors are ex-Olympians, former marathon winners, psychologists and exercise scientists.

Not me, I didn’t race my first 5k until I was 19.

I believe I can inspire a lot of people. Call it the busy professional’s guide to running.

Ever knock out a 20-mile run in the early morning and put in a full day at the office? Ever taper for a marathon while doing an international assignment in China – only to jet back to Chicago to make the race? Ever run a marathon in the morning only to fly to South Korea that same very night for a business trip, while cramping up from the toll of the distance? Yes, yeah and yep.