Guess what happens 12 weeks from now? It will be my birthday. I am old so I don't really look forward to birthday's anymore but I am actually looking forward to my birthday this year. I started running in the end of 2010 and since then I have never found a local race that takes place on my birthday. I have always wanted to run a race on my birthday and this year it is actually going to happen. What a great way to torture myself on my birthday, right?
I signed up for the full marathon since it was only $70.00 but I am leaving the option of running the half open as well. I want to enjoy the race and not pressure myself too much on my birthday but the other voice in my head has other ideas that I am ignoring at the moment. The thought of a Birthday BQ would be awesome but I don't want to be sad on my birthday if it doesn't happen. Registration for Boston 2015 starts the day after my birthday so it would make perfect sense to get with it but I am not committing to anything at this point. It makes me nervous to just think about it.
In any case, my training has been aimed at the marathon. September is known to be a hot month here in Southern California so if the forecast is pointing at a hot day I will most likely run the half and then start looking for a fall marathon to run in October or November. I don't do well in the heat. I am not sure how I survived the LA Marathon earlier this year. I just remember it was not pretty and not wanting to ever do it again.
In any case, my training has been aimed at the marathon. September is known to be a hot month here in Southern California so if the forecast is pointing at a hot day I will most likely run the half and then start looking for a fall marathon to run in October or November. I don't do well in the heat. I am not sure how I survived the LA Marathon earlier this year. I just remember it was not pretty and not wanting to ever do it again.
I don't think I mentioned this but I have been kind of challenging myself with planks lately. I am not following any kind of plank challenge or anything like that. i am just doing my own thing. I just try to add 10 seconds every to my record each time. When I first started I think I could hold it for 1:20 and within a week I was up to 2:40. I am kind of proud of myself. I don't really have a goal but I hope I can hold one for 3-4 minutes within a couple of weeks.
Did you hear about the 16-year old girl from Boulder,Colorado who held a plank for one hour, 20 minutes and five seconds and earned her way into the Guinness Book of World Records? I have some serious work to do if I want to catch up to her!
Did you hear about the 16-year old girl from Boulder,Colorado who held a plank for one hour, 20 minutes and five seconds and earned her way into the Guinness Book of World Records? I have some serious work to do if I want to catch up to her!
Have you ever ran a race on your birthday?
What is your record for a plank?
I did the LA Marathon for my 40th birthday. All it ended up doing was limiting celebration time!
ReplyDeleteI am really thinking about doing the half especially if it is going to be hot. I don't want to torture myself too much on my birthday :)
DeleteUmmmm 80 minutes??? That's frigging amazing!!! A birthday marathon....what better present than a nice shiny BQ!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds so good but September weather will make it a tough one. After running the LA Marathon in the heat, I realized what an negative impact it has on your race. You are getting super speedy lady! I am so proud of you :)
DeleteI've never run a race on my birthday but that would be AWESOME!! My birthday is on September 1st...maybe I should come there and we can run that race to celebrate BOTH of our birthdays! There's an idea...
ReplyDeleteWe definitely need to run a birthday race together or just any race for that matter!
DeleteThat's so exciting that you get to race on your birthday! I hadn't heard about the girl planking for that long. I can't even imagine. How crazy!
ReplyDeleteI'm running it too! WOO HOO! Maybe we can meet!
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