Just Plodding Along

Well I have trained fairly well for this.....as in I actually got in a 20 mile long run and besides my knee still being a bit wonky, am not injured. I am super grateful I had my amazing training group I was coaching at the same time to train with. They made it so much more fun than training on my own. If you can find a group of crazy people who you can convince to run for multiple hours at a time with you I highly recommend it. I love my tribe of crazy weirdo runners. They are the absolute best. Unfortunately for me the weather for the marathon is predicted to be a bit warm. Low of 55, high of 86. I would prefer the high to be 55 because I do better in cooler weather. But seeing as I have yet discovered how to control the weather I guess I will just have to roll with it. Keep it easy and drink lots of electrolytes. I am a completer not a competitor so shouldn't be too hard. I always find it hard to set goals for the marathon. Well beyond the goal of not dying. No matter ho...

Registered for some 2015 fun! In no particular order of excitement...or dates... The half marathon Fall marathon possibilities: Fingers crossed If fingers crossed doesn't work Fingers crossed And to top it off of course, this little challenge..... Running 2,015 miles in 2015

So when Running Times isn't grossing me out  it is filling me head with a case of the crazies. There is an interesting article about racing with the idea that you are going to run as hard as you can with the intent to basically blow up on the course and DNF. When we race our first concern is always finishing (okay so Running Times is geared more toward professional/ elite runners so their first concern is probably winning but for us normals finishing always seems to be the top concern) so we are never pushing as hard as we possibly can therefore we never really know how hard we can push ourselves unless we push ourselves to failure. Huh....... did that makes sense. Basically run hard until you puke. That is my interpretation at least. So this article has been rolling around in the vast void of a brain of mine and got me thinking- always a dangerous thing- maybe I should try this. Not really get a DNF, that would mean no medal and that would be tragic, but run as hard...