Archive for September, 2008
She’s going for speed: training to run a marathon in 3:40
Got inspired today and decided to sign up for the California International Marathon, which takes place in Sacramento on December 7th. This gives me 3 months to train.
I have run two San Francisco Marathons; the first in 4:00:58 and the second in 3:59:50 or something. I’ve learned that I’ll have to train harder and faster if I’m going to shed time and *possibly* qualify for the Boston Marathon. I’ll need to go from a 9:22 marathon miles to a 8:22 marathon mile, which is no small feat.
My gear:
- A killer Garmin GPS sports watch, in the picture above, to track my pace. The watch was $350 and includes a heartbeat tracker and software that logs your workouts. I haven’t figured out all it has to offer, but it has an excellent built-in, see-it-as-you-go electronic tutorial…which is good because the handbook is completely useless
- My fourth pair of Mizuno Wave Nirvana running shoes in orange
- “2x the caffeine” Espresso Love Gu in…gross
- A downhill “top 5 Boston Qualifier” course choice
- Oh yeah…Roxette’s “Joyride” now on my iPod. Hello. You fool. I love you. C’mon join the joyriiiiiide…
