Hello all and welcome to my first official "blog." My husband just started his up a few weeks ago and I thought I'd be fun to make one too. So, here goes.
A little bit about myself: currently 25 years old, married to my amazing husband Brendan for over 2 years now, Twin Cities Marathon finisher, life-long runner (sprints when I was in school and now moved on to marathons... more to come on that) mother to 2 cats who my husband got for me and hates (ha!), teacher to twenty-six (26) 5 and 6 year olds, friend of many, sister of a lovely girl/woman named Amanda and daughter to Bob and Julie.
As you noticed I'm a little crabby today; woke up and my throat still hurt like mad wildfire, so I knew it had to really be strep and not just a sore throat from a night out in the loud bars. Needless to say, I'll unfortunatly be looking into getting my tonsils out this summer to help avoid this recurring illness. I already know it'll be painful, so please don't remind me and let me forget about it as long as I can.
Now, the purpose of this blog is to share the trials and tribulations of my training for my 2nd marathon in less than 12 months. I ran the Twin Cities Marathon on October 2nd, 2005 with my great friend Kaela. Basically, she convinced me to run the 'thon with her before registration was even open, we signed up the first day possible and I was in shock and horror that I was officially obligated to run one. Needless to say, the training went great despite the major kink that I bought shoes that were NOT meant for my feet, but that got fixed once the source of the problem was determined and all ended up working out relatively well. Official finishing time was 4:40, a ways off of my "goal" of 4hrs, but that's what the 2nd try is for, right? I'll include my post-marathon reflection in my next posting, so all can relish in and relive my rollercoaster experience. :) I am now registered and training for the 2006 Med-City Marathon in Rochester, MN on May 28th. I'd really have liked to run the Mad-City in Madison, WI where I went to college, but it's so darn far away and I don't want to have to get a sub during the last week of school (like I said, I'm a teacher).
Training through these first 3 weeks has been filled with peaks and valleys of training progress. The first 2 weeks I was trying to kick a cold/cough that I'd been battling for a little while and has now turned into strep throat. Also, the cold weather running is a very new experience for me. I've been a runner since I was 12 but never really run during the winter unless it's really nice outside. Needless to say, training during the summer, although it gets outrageously hot, it much more enjoyable. Hate to cut this short, but gotta rest, and get sub plans ready for tomorrow. Thanks for readin'... ~jen
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