Well today was the 12th running of the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. A colleague of mine who works at OCU invited me to join the relay. So myself and four young ladies were the Region III Rockets. All of us being from Region III of NAFSA. It was a great experience. As to the running I managed to finish the first leg, a 10K in 49:11. Not particularly fast but I'm pleased with it. I did not put in very much mileage getting ready. Only 7.5 miles last week and 13.4 miles the week before. Today was my longest run of the year. But seeing folks finish the marathon in less than 3 hours 30 minutes definitely got me motivated to train for another marathon. Not just seeing people finish, but seeing people much older than me finish in that time. And not just older than me, many were quite a bit heaver. So I know that if I put in the training I can break 3:30.
Now to choose a race. I could just plan on running the Route 66 in Tulsa again. Did that in '09 and '11. That one's not till November 21st. More than six months away. I guess I could take my time building a base of miles. To get into condition to break 3:30 I think I need about four months. So that could be a September marathon. Or an October marathon. Guess I'll do some research. If anyone has any recommendations for marathons within a day's drive of Oklahoma City, or maybe even a day and half drive, feel free to share.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Sic'em Bears! Starting over.
Women's Basketball National Championship! Men's Baseball 12 - 0 in conference thus far!
And me having trouble getting started running. Got to find a time to run. Either get to bed earlier and run in the morning or else run in the evening when I get home. Got out of work a little late today and then had to mow the lawn. Always seems to be something else to do. The inertia is hard to overcome. Just a few weeks till I have run a 10K as the first leg of the relay at the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. Maybe I can find time to run during lunch tomorrow. Won't have time in the evening. There is no try only do. Ok, ok Yoda, I will run during lunch tomorrow. ;-)
And me having trouble getting started running. Got to find a time to run. Either get to bed earlier and run in the morning or else run in the evening when I get home. Got out of work a little late today and then had to mow the lawn. Always seems to be something else to do. The inertia is hard to overcome. Just a few weeks till I have run a 10K as the first leg of the relay at the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. Maybe I can find time to run during lunch tomorrow. Won't have time in the evening. There is no try only do. Ok, ok Yoda, I will run during lunch tomorrow. ;-)
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