Final Post. After running hundreds of miles this year in anticipation of the Detroit Marathon, and waiting and waiting, it finally came. I was hoping for around 4 hours, 30 minutes. Final time: 5 hours, 16 minutes. I was up by 4am this morning, and down to Detroit around 6am. Rachel and Trevor were there [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Run. Walk. Crawl. Just finish.
Posted in Jen's runs on October 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Fired up. Ready to go.
Posted in Race Prep on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I will finish the marathon. I will run the distance comfortably. I will love the sights, sounds, feelings and camaraderie of running 26.2 miles. Those guidelines will guide me through the race successfully. There are only a few days left and I feel like a horse at the starting gate… just let me run already! [...]
7 days left!!
Posted in Jen's runs on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I did a 3 mile run, and while running I was thinking about all the reasons that I run. Some of the obvious reasons are 1) To stay healthy, 2) to decrease the size of my ghetto booty, and 3) to relieve stress and promote an overall sense of well being. But the number [...]
