I'm honored to be one of 10 Arlingtonians sponsored by the FitArlington program to run the Marine Corp Marathon in October. I have done marathons before, but 2 years ago I made some major lifestyle and eating changes and lost 45 lbs. [This is me in before-and-after photos]. I ran the Richmond marathon as part of the transition and shaved more than 45 mi
nutes off my first marathon time. My younger brother then challenged me to cut another 15 minutes to try to qualify for the Boston Marathon. This is something I never thought possible being a last-one-picked-on-the-playground kid growing up. So here I am. I'm mixing long runs on Saturdays with intervals and up-tempo runs during the week. Low-mileage, high-intensity, with cross training in between. Wish me luck. I'll need some of that, too, to run a sub-3:20. At age 44, some might question my pursuit of speed. Why not just be happy to be able to go the distance? Am I having some midlife crisis? I don't think so. But even if I am, I know I can't afford a Porsche, so I keep running.
nutes off my first marathon time. My younger brother then challenged me to cut another 15 minutes to try to qualify for the Boston Marathon. This is something I never thought possible being a last-one-picked-on-the-playground kid growing up. So here I am. I'm mixing long runs on Saturdays with intervals and up-tempo runs during the week. Low-mileage, high-intensity, with cross training in between. Wish me luck. I'll need some of that, too, to run a sub-3:20. At age 44, some might question my pursuit of speed. Why not just be happy to be able to go the distance? Am I having some midlife crisis? I don't think so. But even if I am, I know I can't afford a Porsche, so I keep running.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment