Okay, okay... I am posting per request about my marathon training... (see I hear you Jim:-) I have been trying to avoid it so then I am a little less accountable right?? Well my good friend and I are currently training to run the Portland Marathon come October 7, which is closing in on me by the way. We are using the Team Oregon beginners training guide found on the Portland Marathon web site which includes a long run every week. I have ran the Seattle 1/2 Marathon 3 times and several other races but this will be my first marathon. We are trying to bump our mileage from about a 40+ mile week to a 45+ mile week which doesn't seem like a lot but is surprisingly hard! This week I will have to run every day to make my mileage goal which is difficult with four kids, and my friend has seven kids! We are often known to frequent the trails around here with a gang of jogging strollers, babies, toddlers, bikes and kids of varying ages, often including friends kids who like to bike ride along with us as well, we are quite the site! So as you can imagine we have absolutely no time goal (i.e. keeping a "9 minute" pace or whatnot) all we can hope for is that we finish without dying! So all that to say that we met at about 4:30 this morning and ran about 19 miles, torturous (is that a word?)! My arches hurt, my legs hurt, and I am really tired! Let me tell you the only way that we keep going is mile by mile... we don't let ourselves think about 20 miles, we break it up into miles/hours/landmarks, etc. whatever we need to so that we don't get to overwhelmed! We have many many mantras that we repeat and say over and over. We can do anything for one more mile. This is what seperates the weak from the strong. Never, never quit. God has called us to endure. We will run and not grow weary, our strength comes from God. With our really long runs (17-20 milers) we get to about mile 14 and we are done, so our newest saying is "we can always run for one more hour" Andrea gets a kick out of that one! You know you run way to much when you look at your watch and think "yes, only one more hour!" She said we should make a poster, but I don't think very many people would buy it...
Thanks to everyone who supports us, you know who you are. Especially my family who is learning to endure along with me!
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God bless you, Kim! (And Keri!) I am so proud of you! Keep up the good work (and the sense of humor)! YOU CAN DO THIS! BTW; I would totally buy your poster! Remember my favorite definition of running: "It combines the glamour of sweating with the convenience of NOT STOPPING!" Totally fitting for a 20 miler, wouldn't you say? Lastly, I don't know if "torturous" is a word, but what I always say is, "It is now"! Own it! (ie: "versa vicey"!) Ok. I'm done now.
Thanks Andrea, you are the best. I don't remember my favorite running quote verbatim, but it is something along the lines of "Few great distance runners are just born. You must work very hard for a very long time" for some unknown reason that quote inspires me greatly.
WOW, I can't imagine running that long, I think I would literally die!
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