On the Trail
July 03, 2008 Filed in: Personal
It's been quite a long
time since I've made a traditional blog entry. For
that, I'm not necessarily sorry. But, I wonder if
anyone really reads this blog anymore, seeing as how
it's been about two months since an entry.
I've kept up the twice-a-month podcast, which, to me, is a more sophisticated form of blogging.
One thing that I'm doing (again), which bares a mention, is that I'm training for my third marathon. I made some training mistakes on the first two. I feel like the third time will be a charm.
The thing that made me want to run a third marathon was just the pure enjoyment of the race. I'm not going into this one thinking that it will fix any of my problems. It won't make my music better. It will be fun, though. That's a good enough reason for me. The marathon I'll run this year will be through Washington, D.C. It'll be great to run past the monuments and just have a good time with the run.
I like having new shoes. Having a dedicated set of running shoes is key if you want to avoid injuries. I have a running partner who is much faster than I am. I hope this brings my time up to a respectable level--we're shooting for 4 hrs and 30 min. The last couple I ran had a few pace runners about. I'll be sure to track one of those 4:30 balloons down.
Living in Greensboro makes training very easy. I heard somewhere that Greensboro has one of the highest acreages of parks and greenways in North Carolina. I can think of several miles of lush greenways a stone's throw from my house.
And so, we're in to week two of our training. Training days make for a great morning. The summer has been kind in the early hours. The milage is around 15/wk right now, but it's sure to go up soon.
I'll see you on the trail!
I've kept up the twice-a-month podcast, which, to me, is a more sophisticated form of blogging.
One thing that I'm doing (again), which bares a mention, is that I'm training for my third marathon. I made some training mistakes on the first two. I feel like the third time will be a charm.
The thing that made me want to run a third marathon was just the pure enjoyment of the race. I'm not going into this one thinking that it will fix any of my problems. It won't make my music better. It will be fun, though. That's a good enough reason for me. The marathon I'll run this year will be through Washington, D.C. It'll be great to run past the monuments and just have a good time with the run.
I like having new shoes. Having a dedicated set of running shoes is key if you want to avoid injuries. I have a running partner who is much faster than I am. I hope this brings my time up to a respectable level--we're shooting for 4 hrs and 30 min. The last couple I ran had a few pace runners about. I'll be sure to track one of those 4:30 balloons down.
Living in Greensboro makes training very easy. I heard somewhere that Greensboro has one of the highest acreages of parks and greenways in North Carolina. I can think of several miles of lush greenways a stone's throw from my house.
And so, we're in to week two of our training. Training days make for a great morning. The summer has been kind in the early hours. The milage is around 15/wk right now, but it's sure to go up soon.
I'll see you on the trail!