It's been really fun meeting with my See Mommy Run team mates and some of our other group members as well. I definitely would not be braving the cold temperatures without the extra motivation of my team mates being there. We've been doing interval and speedwork, but I've had to cut out the sprinting and drills for now since I started feeling pretty strained afterwards.
This past week I saw 'Spirit of the Marathon', the documentary about training for and completing the Chicago Marathon. I totally loved it and it was pretty neat being in a theatre full of runners who had the same reactions I was having. Plus, it was a child free evening and sometimes staring at a blank screen with a popcorn and a soda would be an enjoyable event. :)
To commemorate the movie, I signed up for a marathon the day before I saw it. It will be my third one, but this one will be on my birthday in January of 2009 and it will be in Disney World...woohoo!!! My goal is to break 5 hours, which means cutting about 15 minutes off of my best marathon time. I would eventually like to qualify for the Boston Marathon. My plan is to just keep running and somehow to manage not to get any slower so that some day my times will qualify when I reach a certain age category...probably when I'm 90. :)
The other Moms I run with are predominantly really fast runners, which I love! Julie and I are the slowest in the group and Julie is faster than me on most days too. I love having a training partner though and am glad she's there! I'm really fortunate to have so many running partners, whether I can keep up with them or not. Fast or slow, we all love running and we're working together to reach our goals. And just knowing someone else is depending on me to be there is enough to get me out the door. I used to be able to run at a respectable middle of the pack running pace and my goal is to get back there this year, hopefully by the end of the year. My other dream is to go to sleep one night and to wake up after being visited by the running fairy and to suddenly run as fast as Deena Kastor. Until then, hopefully I will improve enough this year to at least FEEL like I'm running fast sometimes so I can at least pretend. :)
Monday, January 28, 2008
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