Filed under: life, madison, myself | Tags: madison, Madison Marathon, Marathon, Running, Wisconsin
So I’ve decided to run the Mad City Marathon this upcoming May. I think that this will not be a big stretch for me. I’ve been running pretty consistently for the last 3 years, except for breaks during the winter when I was swimming with my college team (as a distance swimmer) and a couple months when I fractured a bone in my foot. At a more intense period in this time, I was running twice a day. I would do a long run in the morning and then a shorter run in the afternoon. Normally, I run about 20 to 30 miles a week. Recently, it’s been lower distances, but with more intense paces and intervals.
Today I ran 8.5 miles and felt pretty good, so I’m confident that I will be able reach my goals: to finish the race, preferably with no or little stopping, and to avoid injury.
I have about six months until the race in late may and I look forward to it. My challenges will include: increasing my mileage as the temperature drops outside in frigid Wisconsin, completing long distance runs while I’m traveling for my job, and making sure I avoid leg injury.
I will update this blog with news about my training, mileage counts, the types of (very basic) equipment that I will use, food that I will eat, routes, and pictures. Stay tuned!
I’ll be in Richmond, VA next week. I’ve been in both Corpus Christi, TX and Los Angeles, CA within the past couple weeks.
Things that I learned:
1. You just can’t order a plain burger at Whataburger.
2. There aren’t usually snakes in tall grass in Texas.
3. You can get barbecued meat (by the pound) and gas from Rudy’s BBQ.
4. Pinkberry frozen yogurt tastes like yogurt, frozen. I highly recommend the song on the website.
5. Ralph Lauren’s ties cost $160 on Rodeo Drive, but they have drawers and drawers of them.
I also just watched the new James Bond movie, <i>Quantum of Solace</i> and was rather disappointed. I was really a fan of Daniel Craig after <i>Casino Royale</i> and was originally excited for this movie. Alas, it was more like Mission Impossible 3, Die Hard 3, or X-Men 3. There was too much action, moving much to quickly, to the point where it was hard to render exactly what was happening. Additionally, the plot was garbage. A worldwide organization known as “Quantum” of high ranking officials that has spies everywhere wants to control …water in Bolivia? You would think their scope might be a bit larger. It was never made clear who connected with what and why. I was impressed that 007 didn’t sleep with this Bond girl.
