It's finally here. Sunday will be the Nike Women's Marathon. When I signed up for the random drawing in March, I convinced my sister and her girlfriends to enter the draw with me and if chosen they would be running their first half or full marathon on Oct 18, 2009. Well, we got chosen. From that group, I know one girl had to withdraw due to medical issues. I was not sure that I would be participating so soon after ACL reconstruction.
But I used this as a target date, a goal to shoot for during my rehab. I trained hard to maintain my cardiovascular fitness by swimming, biking, and later the elliptical machine. When I could, I started walking from a couple miles at first to over 18 miles by mid September. When I got the go ahead to run a couple weeks ago, I started by jogging at 13 to 15 min/ mile pace. This week I ran at 8 to 12 min/ mile pace for over an hour on the treadmill. I have also been on the roads training, my last long run-walk 12 days ago was a 20 miler. I have been working on my hamstring curls to regain strength in my hammies. Although I'm no where near 100%, I am ready to at least walk a half marathon and if my leg holds up run or jog the remaining miles of the full marathon. My goal is to finish before the 6.5 hour marathon cutoff.
I will be flying out to SFO tomorrow and hit the Expo at Union Square. Then its home to the Eastbay and get together with my sister and my parents. Sunday morning I will walk the first 12 miles with my sister. At this point the Half marathoners will head for the finish, while the Full marathoners continue through Golden Gate Park and then out to Lake Merced, before returning for the finish along the Great Highway. If I can get to mile 12 in 3.5 hours, I hope to run the next 14 miles in under 3 hours.
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