Last week marked a pretty big anniversary for myself. Exactly 1 year ago I had my hopes and dreams totally swept out from underneath me in a crushing personally defeat of epic magnitude. I'm referring to one of the darkest moments in my past: The Philadelphia Marathon of course.
After training with my new running partner Dean for months I was faster then ever. I had scored a personal best at the Niagara Falls Half Marathon with a smoking 1:57. Now that may not seem fast to many (or maybe most), but for a man 5'10'' well over 200 pounds who had a long history of deep loathing for running that was pretty quick! A little less then a year before that I had also achieved a commendable full marathon time in Rochester at 4:37 so I thought I had the experience and the speed this time to blow the doors off Philadelphia. But fate is a fickle fiend and that didn't happen. I finished all 26.2 miles but it was a painful retched experience that I've had nightmares about ever since. In fact I've probably run less then a total of 10 miles in the last year because of it, so I know getting back into it won't be pretty...
Getting back into it? Yep thats exactly what I'm going to try and do. I love the sport, love the endurance and mental toughness it takes, and love how personal running is. It's truly a practice in escapism and I have a new running goal. One more marathon. New shiny medal: Get ready cause here I come!
So whats next? That's what ever runner asks after the last big race and I've found my answer: Finally taking a stab at doing an Ultra. After completing Part 4: Sub 4 Hours or Bust it's on to bigger and better bling and this is certainly much bigger. Almost twice as much to be exact, but if it was easy then everyone would do it: And "I AIN'T EVERYONE." Como se dice: "Fingers Crossed!"
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