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It’s been almost a week since my first marathon and, to be honest with you, I don’t feel anything near what I thought I would at this point. Mentally, I had imagined that there would be this huge sense of relief after finally achieving a goal that had been on my horizon for so long. [...] Wow, what a difference a year can make! I headed out to Brooklyn this morning for my second running of the Prospect Park Turkey Trot and cut over four minutes off my previous time! Today, I ran the 5 miles in 30:40 (a 6:08 pace), which completely shattered my previous personal record at [...] For the first time in over four months, I ran today just for the fun of it and not because it was part of my marathon training schedule. It felt great! I appreciate the level of fitness that the rigid schedule helped me achieve, but it is so nice to be done with [...] Today’s race was a huge ego check for me. I remember thinking right after the Mile 17 marker, This isn’t even that hard. I can’t believe that I made such a big deal about finishing one of these. At that point, I still had an average pace of 6:50 and was starting [...] Unless something tragic happens, this will be the last time I write to you as a non-marathoner. It’s hard to believe that it’s really less than 48 hours until this race that I’ve been preparing for for so long. I’m nervous, excited, scared. Today, I packed my bag, tried on all my gear (to make [...] This morning’s run was the result of a perfect storm, if you will… Even if I wasn’t in the middle of my tapering for the marathon, I would be seriously stressed out right about now. I have a huge project (this financial advisor site I’ve been developing the back-end for over the past [...] I had a somewhat sad realization this morning as I was on my way home from my run: Nothing in the rest of my day is going to be as good as that was. I’m not expecting a particularly bad day or anything, it’s just that runs are almost always the highlight of my [...] They don’t get any better than this. Perfect weather, relatively little pain, and lots of speed. It didn’t happen as planned though… When I woke up this morning, I just had this feeling that today was not the day for the George Washington Bridge run to happen. Maybe it was the fact [...] One of my running partners, Antonio, went to the doctor today because of severe ankle pain and was told that he can’t run for 4 weeks! That’s a horrible thing for any runner to have to go through, but to have it happen just two weeks away from a marathon is devastating. I [...] The moral of today’s story is “Don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched.” I just thought I’d throw that right out there at the start instead of building up to it. So, how does it apply? Well, here’s the story: I (foolishly) went into today’s long run without giving it the [...] |
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