Rockford Marathon then Aspen Certified Maniac

The Rockford Marathon was really rough. 95 degrees at the finish. I totally died at mile 20 and walk/ran the rest as I could. Still faster than 5 hours but it took me about 4 hours before I could really eat much without feeling sick. The Aspen Valley Marathon was a totally different experience. Cool and a gradual downhill for about 20 miles of the race it turned into a personal record for me 3:48:20 26th overall and 4th in my division. Even with the high altitude I felt pretty good and best of all since it was my third marathon in 71 days I qualified for the Marathon Maniacs!

Next, I'm training for a two marathon weekend. Kanasas City Marathon on October 20, 2012 and the Duke City Marathon on October 21, 2012. My training is pretty much Hal Higdon Novice 1 doubled. So I run twice a day most days and long run on Saturday and repeat on Sunday. We'll see how well that goes for me.

Tulsa, Louisville and Rockford Soon

WOW! It has been a long while since my last post. I've been training hard and getting faster. Tulsa didn't turn out to be faster but I did add the Center of the Universe stop and had fun with a finish time of 4:08:36. Louisville on the other hand was fast!

The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon was great. I think my nutrition was a little off but I still got a personal record at 3:48:48!

I'm training for my next one coming soon in Rockford Marathon on May 20th. I am trying a little different training running 5 miles in the morning and 5 miles at night as I can (about 4 days a week) and a long run on Saturday. I'm doing very little weight training for this three weeks just to see if I can get my speed up for Rockford. We'll see how it goes.