It’s about that time for midyear reviews, and I am now deciding if I should run another 1/2 marathon this year. This one will be the Sunday after Thanksgiving which means the timing is awful, it will be raining,cold, still full from Thanksgiving, I would not have good sleep because of Black Friday, and Cyber Monday is the next day.
So why run, the big reason is it forces me to train another two months. Normally training tapers off after summer and I begin to go into maintenance mode around October. Note that I do not stop training, its just that I train enough to match my intake.
This race was mentioned by my teammates earlier this week. At first my thought was “No Way”, we just got done with the Rock and Roll and the struggle was still fresh in my mind. The emotional high was still strong, I just walked up a huge mountain, I was not ready to walk up another one.
But a week changes things, as we get farther away from Rock and Roll 2011, I feel ready to entertain thoughts of another race.
Another reason is I wanted to do better than what I did this year. I did make my goal of beating last year, but I really wanted to beat 2 hours 15 minutes. It is in the back of my mind that if I did not have a huge break in training, or if I did not drop back 9 corrals, I could have made this time.
Finally, and what really got me thinking was today’s workout. Not really the weights portion, but the warm up run. It was on the treadmill, with a lower incline than usual, but I did run for 30 minutes at 6.5MPH, that will get me past 2 hours 15 minutes, better yet, 6.6MPH will get me to finish in under 2 hours. I didn’t think I could do it, but somehow I managed, and I still think I had some gas left in the tank.
I did pay for another race this year, the Seafair Torchlight, its both an 8k and a 5k. I opted for the 5k because I will be running with my son. I am looking forward to it.
Seafair Torchlight 2011 Registration
It says a purchased it on 7/01/2011, that is wrong, I paid for it today.
Can I bring down my weight? I think the Seattle Marathon will give me incentive to do so. It does not seem bad at all.
Weight: 252.2