Marathon Training

We will be running almost the entire marathon path tomorrow - 23.04 miles. *Loads up on carbs*

Marathon Training

It's been a lot of work so far. It takes a lot of dedication and time to train for such an event. My greatest mileage covered so far was 12 miles. As the mileage gets greater and greater, more things will get sacrificed such as time with friends, personal art projects, and personal work. Working minimum ten hour days is causing a strain on this as well. I can no longer go out after work and run a quick 20 minutes. It now takes at least an hour to complete our weekly runs. So if I get out of work at 18:00, start my run at 18:30, I will not finish until, at the current schedule, around 20:00. I will not get home until 20:30. That leaves me enough time to take a shower, eat dinner, and be in bed at 21:30 to get enough sleep to do it all again.

Running is not all that bad though. Even though I am losing time to myself, I enjoy running, and how I feel after running is great. I always feel great after running; like I can do anything. It will all be worth it when I cross the finish of the marathon this November.

Anyways, this week is a slow week with only four miles a day to run - easy. I will get more time to take care of some things this week. I will however, be setting a new mileage record for myself this Sunday with a 14 mile run. I am actually pretty excited about it. I will take my four milers pretty easy and prepare for this Sunday. This time I want to be fully prepared (I did not hydrate or eat correctly on the 12 miler). This should be fun, I think I will run Umstead again.

SkirtChasers 5K is this Sat!

It seems like it is taking forever for this 5K to get here. I am pretty excited about this one. I have only run one "official" 5K before, which was last years Race for the Cure. Training for a marathon, I do run more than 3 miles on a regular basis; so this SkirtChasers 5K should be a breeze.

SkirtChasers is a 5K race where the women, usually running in some type of sports skirt, will start running first in the "Catch Me" wave. Three minutes later, the men start in the "SkirtChaser" wave. The first one to cross the finish wins $500.

I don't intend to actually try to win, I am just excited to be running with a group of people. Not sure how many people from Epic will be running, but I know a few are. Overall it should be an exciting event. Can't wait.

Registration is still open for SkirtChasers. I would also recommend registering for this years Race for the Cure. See ya there!

-Aaron Jones-