That’s how I feel about marathon #14. One moment, I’m excited; the next, I’m dreading it. I guess that pretty much sums up the typical 26.2 mile experience.
I worked at packet pickup all day today and have a full shift after I finish tomorrow. I’m sure it will take all week to recover from these two days alone. Anyways, someone asked me about my goal time and I thought I’d share those thoughts with you guys too.
Since I already hit my goal time this year and haven’t had any focused training since then, I don’t expect a PR. I think it would be safe to expect something in the 3:40-3:45 range, maybe outside of that too depending on how much tree gawking I decide I need. There’s a real possibility I’ll just get lazy and decide to have a party day, high fiving all the baby Redwoods as I go by.
Historically, this race has always been HORRIBLE for me with my allergies and I can already tell that I feel a little off. This course is all rolling hills with one 350 ft. climb between miles 14 and 19 (downhill the last 5 mi though!).
Either way, 26 miles of Redwood trees is probably a good idea. I’ll let you know tomorrow.
4 comments:
A long run through the redwoods sounds awfully nice to me! Looking forward to reading your recap.
you can pretend your autopost worked, and I'll pretend I didn't already stalk your finish time :)
can't wait to read all about it!
I'll hope the redwoods treated you well. The pictures are too cute.
Linda, None of my photos do this park's beauty justice. It's a long drive from Portland, but I think you'll find it worth the trip.
Bobbi, haha. Fair enough.
Abby, They always treat me well.
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