and i'm off again

the weather this week has been less than favorable. I ran my long run of 8/8 miles last saturday.
took off sun.
ran 3/2 on mon.
ran 2.5/6 - disappointing, but it was on a treadmill and it just didn't feel right. excuses. excuses.
i was going to try to make it up thurs and then didn't run at all.
and today my goal is to do my long run of 10 miles since tomorrow is mardi gras and i will be in soulard all day getting drunk instead of running :)

so todays goal: Run 10 miles. i'm bout to leave work early for daylight right after I get these ads to deadline. woop woop.

I'll let you know how it goes.

So Far So Good

So i'm over my cold and back to the grind. I'm back on schedule and have run everyday this week. today will be my rest day while I drive to Columbia and i'll pick it back up again tomorrow, with saturday being my long day of 8-9 miles.

I registered for the Seattle marathon today! I'm pumped. I've never been before, and I cant wait!
to check out the website for the marathon, check it out here.

Happy running!

Training Whoas

I have had the worst time trying to get into this one. The weather, day light savings, being sick, my knee. The excuses are building. I was sick all last week and didn't run at all. In fact I got as far as 16 days behind schedule. Poop.

Well I'm trying to get back into the swing of things no matter how bad I feel. I ran 4 miles on sunday and ran 2/walked 3 yesterday (my lungs were killing me and i didn't want to get any sicker).

Its still nice out today so I'd like to get in 4-5 miles after work here at the office. I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.

Happy Running...

2009 Race Scehdule

I am going to start updating this more now that things are more organized in my running life. 2009 is going to look a little something life this:

(4) Cincinnati Marathon - May 3rd
(5) Seattle Rock n Roll Marathon - June 27th
(6) USMC Marathon in DC - October 25th

its going to be a crazy busy year. I started training for cincinnati 2 weeks ago and am already off target with the snow and weather of late. But i just counted sledding down Art Hill as my workouts :)

There are a couple mini races I'm interested in doing. St patty's again for sure, the 3rd annual child abuse protection 5k through UMSL - April and others that will filter the year.

I've heard scary things about Cincinnati and the hills, but thats just something I'll have to prepare for. I think I'm going to wear a tutu this time...

Hopefully the weather gets better cause I sure hate the treadmill and I'm looking to catch up with my schdule for a 7 miler tomorrow.

I'm just excited that at the end of 2009, I will be able to say that I've run 7 marathons! Its crazy but when I was training for my first race in '07, I had no idea that I would even dare to continue this crazy adventure and say I've run 2 let alone 7.

47 more to go...

Denver Marathon

State number 3 down.

Completed: October 19, 2008

People warned me that this would be a tough one because of the altitude. I was worried but trucked on to the mile high city. I actually took the week before the marathon off from running. I was beginning to feel the wear of running everyday and was getting quite burnt out. I think that this totally worked to my advantage. Also with the help of the Nike + invention, which completely revolutionized my training, I was well prepared for this race. 

It was so amazing. I completely recommend this race to anyone. It was beautiful, clean, and the course was almost flat with at most a couple of hills. The only complaint that i have is that, and this only happened once, runners were stopped by cops to let traffic go by with much dismay by runners trying to make time. I myself had a goal of 5 hours. I had signed up for the pace group and actually stayed almost 10 minutes ahead of them for most of the race. I was so pissed when they passed me at mile 24. But was very happy with my time of 5 hours and 3 minutes which is 22 minutes faster than my personal best for the marathon! How exciting right? 

Seriously though, this marathon was perfect. The course, the recovery time, the freebees. I loved every aspect of this place. I even want to move denver now. Ugh it was everything. I cant stop talking about how fabulous the past four days have been. So I'll just leave you with the links to my pictures...

Pre race day/Race day

Recovery Time/Amazing Denver

I actually had so much fun training for and running this marathon that I'm already researching my next couple marathons. I think that since I only did one this year, that I'm going to do 3 next year. Cincinnati on May 3, Seattle on June 27, and the USMC in DC in October.

St Louis Half Marathon

No pics :(

Completed April 19, 2008

This is a tricky one. I had 2 marathons under my belt and thought "hey i can run a half in my sleep" well I learned very quickly that not training fully and running a half marathon is pretty much  just as painful as completely training and running the full. Ran it in 2'19 so thats something to be proud of. The race was followed by a Cardinals game and a free hot dog at Busch Stadium. Yum.

St. Patty's 5 Mile Run

Completed March 17, 2008

Race in downtown St Louis with my friends Brittany and Sarah. 5 Miles. A little chilly, but the cause was worth it...beer.