Pat Jordan

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!