365 days, 1 year, 2 inactive bored sisters, one thinks any goal is too small for her, the other wants to try everything but is not sure where to start. So Ok, the challenge- run the first full marathon within 365 days. Start date: Nov 1st 2007 End date : Nov 1st 2008. Will we be able to do it??

OUR GOAL - NIKE WOMEN'S MARATHON (OCT 19, 2008)

Nov 1, 2007-------------->FEB - 9Mleft--------------->MAY - Completed Half Marathon!!!! 6Mleft---------------->AUG - 3Mleft--------------->Oct 19, 2008 -D DAY!!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED - We were able to complete, yes complete :) the Nike Marathon - our first marathon - in about 6 hrs 40 mins.Our next goal - Lose weight!!! 36 pounds in 365 days - a lofty one considering that even the marathon training couldn't help us lose a few of the extra pounds.

VISIT US AT OUR WEIGHT LOSS BLOG

MapMyRun.com - a vital tool for marathon preparation PBS Nova Marathon Challenge - Inspirational marathon training video Our progress (or not) - Check out our daily log!!!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Some more thoughts

Thanks, Tamara and Harvey for the wishes. We appreciate those.

Just a few more thoughts. I keep going over the M-day. And I keep bringing it up in every conversation I have with the family, to the extent that my DH says he would do a marathon just so I could stop bragging. But see, by then I would run another one, so I would still be ahead of him,ha!

Was thinking, even tho there were more hills than stated, they didnt slow us down at all. Our average pace thruout the marathon was around 15.30minmile, and the slowest was the last one 15.92minmile. We never went beyond 16 min at any time. And now looking back the hills didnt seem that diffcult. I think we really went down the hills hard because now the quads are hurting more than the hamstrings.

I just want to savor this feeling as long as I can, already some tiny thought will come in mind to stop me- hey that day is done, its gone, what next? And I bring it back to M-day, enjoy for atleast this week. By next week I should decide on my next year goal and start planning for it.

Do you have any ideas??

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Seriously consider climbing a mountain as mentioned previously, go to alpineascents.com and review the expeditions they offer; or consider a triathlon, its easy for me to spout off suggestions from the comfort of my computer chair, Good luck