Many of you are fully immersed in your fall marathon training plans. I had hoped to finally be right there with you this year. But again, this will not be my year to do a marathon. That will have to wait til 2012 I’m afraid. its hard to sit back and watch while everyone else is doing 20 mile long runs. Heh?? But I am not letting that get me down!
My recent lack of motivation lead to a severe lack of running mileage, so I wasn’t able to build a solid base to begin marathon training. Duh! Couple that with some recent whines from my less than healthy knee would equal disaster for marathon training. So now, I revamp my fall schedule. Its actually not as heartbreaking as I thought it might be. Now that I’m not going to be consumed by a marathon, I can fit in some half-marathons, a few more sprint tris and maybe an Olympic tri.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was selected to be a Michelob Ultra Ambassador. I am super duper excited about that! I hope to be rocking my new team kit soon. As a Michelob Ultra Ambassador, I need to get out and sport my Mich Ultra pride and compete in at least 2 endurance events. No problem-o! Now I can justify race registrations to the hubs! (oh honey….I have to, I’m an Ambassador!) I’m not sure what kind of branded apparel they are sending me, but I’m hoping a tri suit will be included! Right now I am looking at:
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Tri for Abbey Sprint Tri Sept 24
Rev3 Anderson Olympic Tri Oct 9
Rocktoberfest Half Marathon in Charlotte Oct 22
Thunder Road Half Marathon Nov 12(the one I intended to run the FULL marathon) Nov 12
RnR Las Vegas Half Dec 4 (I REALLY REALLY want to do this one, maybe Santa will visit early??!!)
Huntersville Half Dec 3 back up plan if no go on Vegas (booo!)
Hopefully, I will have some solid half marathon efforts under my belt by the end of this year and be ready to start spring marathon training in December/January. Until then, I will live my marathon dream vicariously through the rest of you.
What marathons are on your schedule this fall? If you’re not doing a marathon, what others races are you doing?
I am doing Chicago in October and Richmond in November. The training has been tough this summer with my kids at home, but I am getting there. Happy Thursday!
I have a half marathon coming up in September, other than that just some short races, hoping to do a full marathon within the next three years. I just have to get my husband on board.
Congrats on being a beer ambassador, super cool!
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I’m doing the Denver Full in October. I’ve done it before and it’s fun now that RnR took over. If you’re looking for a fun Spring race, I did the Flying Pig Marathon this past May and it was a blast! The people were so nice and very supportive. Bonus is you can dress up like a pig and no one will say a thing!
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I am doing one on my Bday, I have 3 that are close to chose from, I am looking for another one that is within driving same day distance, if not I will do a turkey trot
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