28 months to 26.2 miles

I had a heart attack on June 15, 2009. Since, as most who know me can attest, I can be a bit slow at times, it took me 6 months to figure out that I should make a change in my life. In January 2010 I finally took my fist steps to a new me and started running. As the running shirts say, I started slow and tapered from there. Actually, I did something right and started the C25K program. On 3/14/10 I ran my first 5k at a blistering 41:29. My first 10k came in November of the same year and was 1:21:42. I stretched myself and ran my first half marathon on 5/7/11 and finished with 2:50:35. And now, on 10/30/11 I officially became a marathoner.

Counting down…

Hey there folks, I know I’ve been slacking on the posting but life has been interesting. We now stand less than 3 weeks from the MCM and I’m starting to get both nervous and excited about it. The next 3 weeks will have plenty of excitement in them

Continuing the trip down memory lane…

Since I posted my description of the wedding day, I thought I’d resurrect my post about our honeymoon.  Nothing salacious here, but was nice to read it again.  Hope you enjoy it.

Whattayamean 9 years?

Nine years ago today I married the most wonderful woman in the world. The past nine years have been a roller-coaster ride of good & bad, richer & poorer, sickness & health and I wouldn’t change a bit of it. Rather than spend many words trying and failing to express how I feel about the amazing woman who completes my life, I thought I would resurrect a little something I wrote about 10 days after we got married. Fair warning, it may have a high “sappy” quotient.

I’m back! (really this time)

Wow, it’s been almost 4 months since I have posted anything! I’m a slacker, no doubt about it. In the past 4 months I have had a few milestones and some fun things but for some reason I never posted about them. I owe Thing1 & Wee One an apology though as I never mentioned their first 5K race, something which I will rectify below.

Now, How Was The Race?

So this is where I’ll do my best to describe the race and events around it.  I’m going to start with Friday afternoon and go from there.  I’m on my way home from work and talking with Sarah on the phone when she mentions that Elaine had a question.  Would I mind if Elaine ran the race with me at my pace?  Hmmm, let me think.  I could run the race by myself or I could have the company of a wonderful, enthusiastic, friendly, concerned and otherwise lovely friend.  Gee, that’s such a tough choice!

First, A Bit of Thanks…

As you may know, (since I’ve repeated it ad naseum for weeks,) I have been training for the Frederick Half Marathon.  This past Saturday, I was finally able to find out if all the Sunday training runs would pay off. Before I start describing the race experience, there are many people I need to thank for many reasons and I will try to give them their due here.

Pike’s Peek 10K Was Awesome!

Instead of one of our normal Sunday long runs I ran the Pike’s Peek 10K race today. It’s a fun race straight down Rockville Pike from Shady Grove Metro station to White Flint Mall. 6.2 miles straight down the road. Almost all downhill and in a straight line. Since they close the northbound lanes of Rockville Pike, it’s fast and easy.

Secrets Come To Light…

I’m not really sure we can call this a secret since most everyone but the kids knew it, but something we had been keeping from Thing2 since before his birth finally came out on Monday. I have to say I’m very proud of how he handled learning something so large, and I love my boy very much.

A Tale Of 2 Weekends…

So it’s been a while since I made a post, (as has been pointed out to me by a friend), and feel e need to do a quick catch up. Last Sunday, April 3, we had a point-to-point run from the Capitol Crescent Trail parking lot in Bethesda all the way into Alexandria. It was an ambitious 16 mile race and the top run of our program.