- my journey from couch to marathon and beyond
One week ago today, I finished my first marathon. Like a lot of other first timers, I experienced several issues along the way. A big part of the reason I started “18 weeks”, was to give myself an easy way to document my progress and learn from mistakes. So what did I learn running my…
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Christy was able to catch me on video at the start, and again at mile 7. Thankfully, she wasn’t anywhere along the second half of the race! Click here if you can’t see the videos
If you’ve ever been curious what it was like to run the Vegas Marathon, this video gives you some idea:
I was surprised to see that I didn’t look completely ridiculous in the official race pictures. I typically do, and as poorly as I was moving, I figured this would be no exception. You can see them all here along with a 2 second shuffling finish line video.
I am extremely pleased to report that I have finished my first marathon! After four months of training, most of which was hampered by nagging plantar fasciitis in my foot, I have successfully finished a marathon. I plan on focusing another post on what I learned from my first marathon later this week. Although there…
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The journey that began back on August 1st is about to culminate in just 7 days. 17 weeks in. 1 to go. Although things clearly haven’t gone according to plan, I feel like I’m ready to run finish my first marathon. Last week I finished my last “long run” of 12 miles. Everything went great,…
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The countdown clock to the left of this post once made it seem like the Vegas Marathon was something so far off it would never arrive. Now? Well it’s about to drop into single digit territory! With just 2 weeks to go, I’ve finished my first week of tapering. The week included two week day…
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This was the week of training I honestly didn’t think I would see just 6 weeks ago. Twenty Miles? Are you kidding me? 6 weeks ago I was posting crazy pictures of my foot – either with needles sticking out of it, or tape on it, or of a Chinese balm that was supposed to…
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With just 4 weeks left to prepare for the Las Vegas marathon, I’m most excited that I’ve had 6 weeks in a row go according to plan. The plan of course, has changed multiple times. But never the less, I feel like I’m back on track and ready to hit the two toughest runs of…
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