Health knowledge made personal
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It took 4 months of training to prepare for a little over 4 hours! My training partner Harmony and I followed the Runner's World under-4-hour marathon plan. Our intent wasn't really to finish in sub-4 hours, but we thought it would help us gauge where we were training-wise. In fact, we listed "our predicted finish time" as 4:50:00. Once we completed a few of the +20 mile long runs, we realized that we were faster than that!  Megan, Harmony and I after a 22 mi training run! (3 hrs 23 min)   Holy meat balls!! Harmony , me, Mel , Jill , Amanda , Tressa , and Stacie  Getting our pose on by the Portland Marathon banners that lined the downtown streets. Me, Harm, and Stacie pre-marathon. Note the rain gear.Unfortunately, the forecast was for rain, and it didn't disappoint. :( We woke up to gray, rainy skies, and it continued throughout the entire race. It has only rained 3 out of the 39 years the marathon has been held! What are the odds?!!  Here we are at mile 20 Aw, medals and space blankets! DMB concert September '10Marathon training tested me mentally, and physically of course. Time management was a re-visted skill. I couldn't cheat or I would pay for it on my long, weekend runs. I came to depend on accountability from Harmony and totally relied on her during the actual marathon. Knowing she was next to me (always on my right side!) helped tremendously!!! This is a BIG check off my bucket list! |
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