Archive for the ‘marathon’ Category
This is Not the End, This is Not the Beginning (Race Report for the Shakespeare Marathon)
2011
The marathon is over. My minimum goal was survival. That met, I hoped to finish somewhere around the 4 hour mark. Suffice it to say, I did not finish in 4 hours. Nope. I finished in 3 hours, 37 minutes, and 15 seconds! Let’s rewind…I arrived in Stratford-upon-Avon on Friday afternoon. After catching a bite [...]
In the course of the past few months, I may have mentioned once or twice (ok…in every single post) that I have been training for a marathon. I signed up for the Shakespeare Marathon in Stratford-upon-Avon last October and an announcement of my intentions appeared shortly thereafter on this blog. To post my intention to [...]
This came in the post a few days ago. I stared at it for a good two minutes before I was able to continue on with my normal activities. With just two weeks to go, it is finally starting to sink in that this is actually going to happen. I am going to run a [...]
People say that running the marathon is hard, but I would argue that it is the training process that is the harder component. Training for the marathon is about getting out of bed at 7AM on a Saturday to run a 15-miler.It is about seeing the pouring rain outside and knowing that this can’t deter [...]
Bard ’til you Barf! (Or, the many ways in which I am excited for the Shakespeare Marathon)
2011
I am still alive, I promise. In the past few days I have:1. Run 11 miles – my second ‘long run’ for my marathon training. My route took me over Tower Bridge… past the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben… and finally over Vauxhall Bridge to stop in front of the SIS (British Intelligence Agency) [...]
