Since my last marathon in October 2010, I’ve stuck to running half marathons with a 5K and some 10K’s tossed in there for some variety. I had a feeling this would be the year I was going to be ready to get back to marathon distance and I knew just the race I wanted because it’s one that’s been on my marathon list of “to dos” for quite some time.
Voila!!!
I am officially signed up for the Portland Marathon! Yay meeee! I’ve always heard great things about this race so when I was thinking about my next marathon, this one was
definitely at the top of the heap. And besides, I am a HUGE fan of Portlandia
so I’m super excited about visiting Portland.
definitely at the top of the heap. And besides, I am a HUGE fan of Portlandia
so I’m super excited about visiting Portland.
But hold on!! Because training for my next marathon wasn’t enough, I decided to sign up for my first trail race! What?! Who am I?!
Come August 25th I will be participating in the Bulldog Trail Run. There is a 50K distance and a 25K distance but because I haven’t completely lost all my marbles, I’m attempting to tackle the 25K. Besides, there are new qualifying rules for the 50K so I wouldn’t have qualified anyways, but then again, I haven’t lost all my marbles just yet so the 25K should suit me just fine. Hopefully.
The only thing is I’ve never run a 25K race, let alone a 25K on trails. In all honesty, I don’t even know how to train for this thing, but I’m ready for the challenge! 🙂
I figured because the Bulldog trail run is before the Portland Marathon, it could only help my training for Portland. Although I don’t know how this is going to work. Training for both. At the same time. I guess I’ll just have to figure it out. I guess things just got a little more interesting, because training starts….now!!