So I’ve been contemplating doing something I have not yet done - running a race with team in training.
It’s not that I need the push, or the structure, or the team comraderie, though I’m sure all of those things are great.
I’d really like to make my next marathon about something other than my desire to push myself that far.
In my first half marathon, I’d just suffered a miscarriage, an unexpected finding at 11 weeks when I was still deathly sick. During the entire half, which I ran about 4 months later - having never run more than 8 or so miles previously - I said goodbye and let go. It was an emotional experience, as was my first marathon: I lost my aunt and a close friend and then my mom had a stroke, within three months of the first marathon I ran. I ran it in the rain, a torrential downpour uncommon in So Cal, saying goodbye to people I had loved and sending my mom strength to overcome what the stroke had done to her both physically and mentally.
My last marathon - well, it was all me. I didn’t have anything to say goodbye to, or to look forward to, during the race. I just ran. And I enjoyed it, but it made me wonder if I could do it for something else, something good.
Leukemia is close to me not because I know someone who has suffered from the illness but because my oldest had a blood condition that we thought for a while might be leukemia. I did a lot of research during that time regarding children and leukemia and it broke my heart. I’ve always been drawn to TNT when I’ve considered doing a charity race.
I’m looking into the San Francisco run, Nike Women’s Marathon, in October.
Have you ever done a charity run, or a TNT race? If so was your experience negative or positive, and would you do it again?
I’d love to hear your stories, if you want to share!
In running news, I did five today, a good strong five after taking a day off I normally don’t take. This week I’m running four days instead of five as I make my switch in schedules and it is going well. I don’t feel as burned out. Tomorrow I’m doing my bike and run, probably 4 or 5 on the bike and 3-4 running.
In non running news, I trimmed my hedges today. Sounds like fun, and it was, but it’s tough work! It took an hour to trim and an hour to clean up. Now my body is slightly sore! So while the kids take quiet time, I’m off to do some reading and, shhh, possibly catch twenty minutes of shut eye!
So I’ve been contemplating doing something I have not yet done - running a race with team in training.
It’s not that I need the push, or the structure, or the team comraderie, though I’m sure all of those things are great.
I’d really like to make my next marathon about something other than my desire to push myself that far.
In my first half marathon, I’d just suffered a miscarriage, an unexpected finding at 11 weeks when I was still deathly sick. During the entire half, which I ran about 4 months later - having never run more than 8 or so miles previously - I said goodbye and let go. It was an emotional experience, as was my first marathon: I lost my aunt and a close friend and then my mom had a stroke, within three months of the first marathon I ran. I ran it in the rain, a torrential downpour uncommon in So Cal, saying goodbye to people I had loved and sending my mom strength to overcome what the stroke had done to her both physically and mentally.
My last marathon - well, it was all me. I didn’t have anything to say goodbye to, or to look forward to, during the race. I just ran. And I enjoyed it, but it made me wonder if I could do it for something else, something good.
Leukemia is close to me not because I know someone who has suffered from the illness but because my oldest had a blood condition that we thought for a while might be leukemia. I did a lot of research during that time regarding children and leukemia and it broke my heart. I’ve always been drawn to TNT when I’ve considered doing a charity race.
I’m looking into the San Francisco run, Nike Women’s Marathon, in October.
Have you ever done a charity run, or a TNT race? If so was your experience negative or positive, and would you do it again?
I’d love to hear your stories, if you want to share!
In running news, I did five today, a good strong five after taking a day off I normally don’t take. This week I’m running four days instead of five as I make my switch in schedules and it is going well. I don’t feel as burned out. Tomorrow I’m doing my bike and run, probably 4 or 5 on the bike and 3-4 running.
In non running news, I trimmed my hedges today. Sounds like fun, and it was, but it’s tough work! It took an hour to trim and an hour to clean up. Now my body is slightly sore! So while the kids take quiet time, I’m off to do some reading and, shhh, possibly catch twenty minutes of shut eye!