Monday, April 20, 2009

Marathon Monday!

You know you're a running nerd when you get excited about watching a marathon on TV. I woke up this morning in time to watch Boston on the video feed, but it wasn't working...seemed to be a common theme for many people. We have one of those super random TV packages, so I searched the channels, hoping to find some marathon coverage. I found it on a channel I'd never heard of before, and I got to watch all the live coverage! The sad part was that I had to leave for work when the lead women were around mile 21, so I didn't get to see the exciting finish! I watched a video on youtube (what a glorious invention) when I got home, but I really wanted to know what happened! It boggles my mind that a 26.2 mile race can be won by a second. My heart sank when Kara Goucher and Ryan Hall didn't win, but it's so awesome that two Americans were in the top three! I thoroughly enjoyed how the commentators kept saying how slow the women's race was. I wish 6:10 was a slow marathon pace for me! Watching the Boston Marathon got me REALLY excited for the possibility of running it next year.

Knock on wood.

In the spirit of Marathon Monday, I actually registered for the Wisconsin Marathon today. Twelve days until race day! I can't quite comprehend that since I never really came to terms with the fact that I was switching my marathon from Delaware to Wisconsin. I guess that's good for taper madness, as I didn't really think about it at all last week. Don't worry, once we hit the ten day mark, I will become weather obsessed and check the weather report every hour, on the hour. We've been hitting at least three of the four seasons per day here for the past few days, so hopefully it will pick one before marathon day, or at least stick to two of the four. Six miles today in the sun/clouds/wind/rain...Mother Nature needs to stop being so finicky!

Monday, April 20
6.06 miles in 45:59, avg pace of 7:35

I ran past the high school girls track team, which I think was a bit confusing for them because I was wearing one of my high school track shirts from back in the day. I'm going to put this in writing so I can follow through on it...This was my LAST speedy run before the marathon. I always tend to pick it up in my runs when I'm feeling good (which is quite often), but I need to rest before the marathon. No more sub-7 miles!

Twelve days til marathon day....yikessssss.

16 comments:

  1. Congrats on signing up. Now it's a done deal :)

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  2. you will kill it, your so dang speedy.

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  3. lol, i WISH i were confident enough in myself to register for a marathon 12 days out. anyway ... you are going to do so well in your race, no matter where it is :)

    oh and i'm right there with you checking the weather forecast 10 days out. actually, with the Chicago Marathon i started checking 15 days out (courtesy of accuweather.com). and i would check multiple times a day too. yes, i'm crazy.

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  4. I know, I wanted to be like, "Why don't you get off your fat butt and try to run even one 6:10 mile." I don't know if you visit Letsrun.com, but they have a play-by-play bash of the commentators.

    Good luck preparing for your marathon! Tapering is always the hardest part for me too but it really makes a difference.

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  5. It was a very exciting day in the running world! Good luck at Wisconsin!

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  6. I think I was the only person at work that even knew Boston was going on today; I felt so sad that I had no one there to say, "omigod did you see that finish?!" to when it was over. Definite running geek. :-) I have a friend in Madison and was thinking about doing that one next year; good luck with the taper! I have a hard time just on my individual rest days, so I don't know how that whole taper is going to work...I also wish I had seen a sub-7 minute mile at any point in the recent past!

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  7. 12 days, yippee! I can't wait to see how you do!

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  8. Hey, just stopping by your blog. Good for you being so spontaneous!! 12 days until race day? I'm jealous of your mile times.

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  9. Good luck with the race..you'll do great!

    6:10 is definitely not a slow pace to me!

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  10. Hi there,
    I wrote back to your comment on my site but I thought I'd answer it here too ;) I like the protein powder on days when I don't eat meat or many other sources. I like it in smoothies but I have also been mixing it with plain nonfat yogurt or cottage cheese, and it's really good! A couple blogs around also use it to make protein "pancakes," which I tried recently but haven't perfected yet.
    How amazing that you are running a marathon in 12 days!!! Wow!

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  11. YAY!!!! I bet that feels good to have made a decision... now your marathon is the day before mine! tappppper :)

    I am ready for the 10 day forecast to be out :) haha.

    You are going to do great, now rest up and get ready for race day!

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  12. I was really sad about Kara and Ryan too! But still 3rd place in Boston, that's pretty awesome! Good luck with taper!!!

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    Thanks so much,
    Bri

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  14. Woohoo! What a great way to commemorate Marathon Monday.

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  15. I love it that you registered for the marathon only 12 days out! You are hardcore girl! I wish I was closer b/c I would love to run it with you!!!

    Keep me updated on other races you are planning on!

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  16. LOL! I was just looking at weather.com and saw that 5/1 was up there, you know what that means... we will both be obsessively checking the weather for Kenosha soon!

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