Marathons and more Marathons, with Ironman training thrown in, that has been the story of my 2012 year so far. I started off with Houston Marathon and Miami Marathon in January. It was fun to be part of the US Olympic Marathon Trials. Cool weather. Then Miami was warm and humid. I was drenched in sweat and the sun hadn't even risen yet. But I loved the run, the crowd support, and the international flavor of this race with runners from Europe, Latin America, South America, and the US. After that February was the Surf City Marathon where I just missed a PR. I ran the Rock n Roll Pasadena Half Marathon that month and set a half-marathon PR. Yay!!! March was especially busy...Rock n Roll New Orleans, followed by LA Marathon, and finishing off with Ironman Oceanside 70.3
My swim at Oceanside sucked. I got disoriented from the waves at the turnaround buoy and ended up off course, adding several minutes to my swim. I had a nice bike ride and my run was great. All in all, pretty good for a tune-up race.
April has been more focused Ironman training with the Ironteam. Last weekend I rode 100 miles from Anaheim to La Jolla / San Diego. I ran a quick 4 miles off the bike and then Ironteam took the train back to LA. Sunday was a 1.2 mile ocean swim from Tower 26. This was followed by a Sunday "taper" run. Taper because I am running in beautiful Big Sur this weekend. See Pics above. I ran the full in 2007, the relay on a torn ACL and MCL in 2009, and return in 2012 for the relay. I will post more after the event.
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