I can’t believe I’m only a few short days away from undertaking my first 100 mile race! What began as a 15 month journey, has whittled down to a matter of hours. Eek!!! When I signed up to do Javelina Jundred on the morning of January 1, 2016, after deciding to do it back in July 2015,…
If I could draw any similarities between my first Chicago Marathon and this one, it would be the weather was awfully similar. Very similar. In fact, practically identical. And that would be the only similarity because this time around, everything else was different.
Before I even get to the fun and excitement of race day, I wanted to dive into the fun and excitement in the days leading up to the Chicago Marathon. Obviously, this wasn’t my first time in Chicago, but there was definitely a lot more specialness going on this time around.
While Javelina Jundred has been at the forefront of training because it’s such a huge distance for me, I have never forgotten for one minute, the other important race I have waiting for me this coming Sunday, October 9th – the Chicago Marathon!!! Woohooo!! I can’t say enough of why the Chicago Marathon is so important to me. If…
We’re a few days into October and this means it’s officially race month! In 6 days I have the Chicago Marathon and in 26 days, Javelina Jundred. Yes, the time has arrived where the fruits of my training for the past 10 months will be realized. I know I’ve trained all year for this month and I…
Never in any of the marathons I’ve done, have I had to run in the dark. Although my times have been pretty slow, so I’m surprised it never came to that. However, there is no escaping running in the dark during Javelina Jundred so I better prepare for it.
It is officially fall season! Can you feel the cool crispness in the air? Yeah, me neither. It’s still quite warm and humid here in La La Land. If there is something I feel prevailing during the past several months of training is I think I’ve come very close to injury without anything completely knocking me…
Just as the title suggests, my mileage went from 70 miles down to 10. Actually more like 9.8, but who’s really keeping track? Uh, ME! All in a matter of one week. A friend of mine recently asked me, “You ever take a recovery week and knock your mileage in half?” I sort of have during training. Definitely very…