Training for NYC Marathon

I've been accepted into the NYC Marathon by way of the 9 +1 entry. I ran 9 races in 2012 and volunteered for one. This will be the first marathon that I will train for without a Team In Training. I'm a little nervous, of course.

About 4 months ago I was knocked off my bike by a cargo van in midtown. The van did not stop after side swiping me into the curb, but thankfully I as not badly hurt. My leg, however, took a long time to feel better. I hit the street pretty hard that may have given me a hair-line fracture. I had planned to see a doctor, but it's expensive without insurance. So, I stopped running for a while, 8 weeks to be exacted. That's supposedly how long a hairline fracture should take to heal.

Now that my leg no longer hurts, I'm training for the marathon. I'm following the schedule from the NYRR website. It's a 16 week schedule with 5 days of running. I feel like I should change one of those days to a cross-training day as to not stress out my leg.

Today, I ran 6 miles for the first time in months. It was very hard but worth it. Afterword, Susan made tomato soup from scratch and I made grilled cheese sandwiches with Cheddar and Locetelli Romano.

5 mile Portugal Day race

Yesterday I ran the race in 58:12. I was pretty happy with my time. It was still about 4 minutes off from being a PR, but it was under an hour. I'm getting there.

New York Mini

Ran the "New York Mini" 10k this morning. Time was 1:19:08. not good, but better than last month. Eventually, I'll get back in PR range. In the meantime, the conversations going on at the back of the race are the best.

yay running again

After more than a year, I am back to running races. So far I have ran the Run for Parks and Run as One 4 milers. In a week I will run a 10k...a bit nervous about that one.

So what happened to the half-marathon I was training for back in September? After running 10 miles, forgetting to drink water or eat I somehow thought it was a perfectly fine idea to have blood tests done. I passed out, but was ok. The nurses told me to drink water and rest. So that was a hard lesson for me to learn about not rushing my training. Although distance running is 90% mental, the other 10% of fitness is still very important.

Great Gallop Half-Marathon

The Half-Marathon is on Oct 1. I haven't signed up yet...but I plan to.

Since my last race in December I've gotten fatter and weaker, but I've been working out. Last Sunday I decided to train for the Gallop if I could at least run 6 miles. Which I did, barely. So now Ive put myself on an exercise schedule. Hopefully in 2 and a half weeks I can run this race. I wont PR like I did last year, but my aim is to finish.