Saturday was the day I had been dreading for 8 weeks. I have been semi-secretly working on a semi-secret mission for 8 looooong weeks and 161 looooong miles. I haven't wanted to announce it. I haven't wanted to jinx it. I haven't wanted to embarrass myself. I haven't wanted people to think I am any crazier than they already do. But now, I am starting Week 9, which is the halfway mark, so it's about time to make this known. I, Elizabeth Garcia, am training for a marathon. Like, 26.2 miles of crazy. Like for real for real, a full marathon. I have had this goal in the back of my mind since a year and a half ago. But something has always come up. This time, I have decided that no matter the excuses I can come up with (including my new-found asthma), I am going to run this marathon. No matter how slow I have to go. Which marathon? I'm glad you asked. The Savannah Rock and Roll in November is the race I have selected for my first. Wish me luck!
 |
| November 8, 2014! |
Now that this grand announcement is out of the way, I can tell you about my weekend. This weekend was a busy one! Labor Day is always a fun weekend for me because Mr. Marathon and I usually are both off and ready to relax. This year, we were both off, but we hardly had time to relax! We got to visit with our trusty 4-legged companion (the dog we get to dog-sit when his humans are out of town) starting on Friday. Saturday was the day I had been dreading for 8 weeks. I had my longest run to date scheduled for week 8 of my training plan-- a 15 miler. I have been slugging through 10 and 12 milers, but I had yet to break the 13.1 mark... until Saturday. And I did it! Slowly and painfully, I made it through. Completing this 15 miler really gave me hope that I can do it. I have 9 more weeks of training to make it through, but knowing that I can go farther than I have before really encourages me! I feel like I actually can do a marathon. I know that 15 miles isn't quite 26.2, but I still have 9 weeks to build up to it!
 |
| We saw a tiny turtle on the trail |
 |
| Mr. Marathon and Slits were enjoying themselves |
 |
| We look a mess! Ok, well I do. |
 |
We celebrated our 15.02 mile, 3 hour and 34 minute run
with Chick-Fil-A chicken biscuits! Yum! |
 |
| Still smiling :) |
 |
For dinner that night to refuel, we had a delicious
corn salsa and chicken pizza! |
No comments:
Post a Comment