After that I was hooked on the adrenaline rush or perhaps its a dopamine rush. I went on and ran over 25 marathons and half marathons in 3 years. I even accomplished my goal of running back to back marathons in Spring of 2008. I went on and had more marathon adventures including resuscitating a "Down" runner at the San Francisco Marathon. I recently set a PR at the Rock and Roll San Antonio Marathon. Now I am training for an Ironman Triathlon for 2009. I joined the Ironteam ( Team in Training) and will compete in the Wildflower Long Course ( Half-Ironman) Triathlon in May 2009 and then the Vineman (Full-Ironman Distance) Triathlon in August 2009. If you can help me reach my fundraising goal I will really appreciate it. See attached link.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
A New Blog and a last look back at 2008
I started running in January 2006. I moved from my previous hospital to my current one. I saved about 2 hours of commute time. That allowed me to start running and getting into shape. At the time a mile seemed a long way. When I ran a 5K in Feb 2006, I nearly passed out at the finish. Slowly I started to build up the mileage and ran a 8K and a 10K. I enjoyed the whole race experience, the runners, the cheering crowds, the reward ( food) at the finish. I decided to sign up for a half marathon and a full marathon... one week apart. The half was on Memorial Day 2006. The full was the Rock and Roll Marathon in San Diego, June 4, 2006. I didn't know anything about carbo loading or tapering. I assumed that if I could run 18 miles in my training runs, I could run a marathon. The half marathon went well. I came in under 2 hours, so I was quite pleased. I expected to run the full at a similar pace. I learned the hard way that there is a small gap between the 10K and the Half; but a large chasm between the Half and the Full. After mile 13, it was a struggle; and by mile 16 it was painful. I limped the last few miles to the finish. I thought never again. I've run a marathon, that's it. It took about 4 months for the painful memories to go away, and I had the desire to sign up for another marathon. (Las Vegas, 12/06)
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