run another marathon

I ran the Philippine Marathon for the Pasig River in February 2008. The training was grueling, the actual run even more so, but the finish was fantastic!

After that I was running local 15 and 10Ks, and then the team relay (another 10) in the Singapore Standard Chartered.

This year, I want to do it again – and I want to run it in my time goal of 4:30.

I ran a marathon back in 2000 when I was pregnant with my 3rd child. It was my first and last. I couldn’t find the time to keep up with my training afterwards, so I just quit. I miss the freedom that comes from running and the satisfaction of realizing goals that goes with that. I was never an elite runner. Heck, I barely qualify as an athlete. But running was one of those things I didn’t think I could do until I did it. My kids need to see that side of me.

I have ran 3 marathons previously, but over the past 6 months have become lazy and need to get motivated again to start training:)

I have a love/hate relationship with marathons. Half marathons are enjoyable because you don’t feel worn out at the end but I don’t really find marathons fun at all. I’ve only done three yet I fell I must break the 4 hour barrier officially to satisfy my need to run them. The last one that I did was the San Diego Rock n Roll marathon and I was wearing my Garmin Forerunner. I looked down at it showed me having run 26.2 miles in 3:57 but I crossed the finish line having run 27 miles in 4:03:24…yes, I did a lot of traversing on the road during this race!

I want to run another marathon in the next year.

I want to overcome my knee injury (patellar tendinopothy) and start running long distances again. I have run one marathon and loved it but now cant run long distances. The marathon is part of my bigger goal of completing an Ironman triathlon.

Signed up for the Connemara Half Marathon in April. I’ll see how the auld knee holds up this year and then hopefully I’ll do Dublin City Marathon in November

Ran Burlington this year (2007) and was crushed. Training didn’t go well, and I was sick the day of the race. I finished, but it was hardly the “conclusion to a well made effort” or anything like that.

The Burlington race is becoming a family tradition – my sister ran it last year as well. My wife did a relay last year with her sister and friends. We have a bunch of friends who also do various parts of the race.

Talked with the wife about splitting the race – but I’ve got this urge to get another marathon under my belt, one I can be proud of. When I tell people I did a marathon they are amazed and have lots of questions, and I always end up playing it off like I barley finished – and I’m told over and over “You finished, that’s all that counts,” but for me I guess it’s not enough. I want to do it again and do better this time.

With my back the way it is.

When I have lost a lot of weight I will revisit this goal.

in the midwest – I logged about 16 miles, and there were LOTS of people out today! I love my water belt with the 4 little water bottles; it’s a life saver on these hot summer days when I do a longer distance.

I hope to do the half marathon here at the end of September, then the Crazy Horse full marathon the first weekend in October. I need to do more hill training I think. The knee still bothers me, but I just tell it to shut up!