Thanks to some generous Christmas contributions to our race journey, Priscilla and I were both able to complete the Michigan Titanium 140.6 registration Christmas Eve. We are both OFFICIALLY signed up. Official training plan begins January 22.
Thanks to all our friends and family for your help and support as we start year two of our journey to 140.6.
Merry Christmas!
I left out a few key points in part 1 that made this race a marathon I completely plan on running again next year! The Course: beautiful, even when running over the draw bridge (I don't like bridges), the volunteers are SUPER, there are 3500 runners together on the first loop and it makes you feel such a rush of being part of an important movement of bodies and sweat. The Crying Opportunities: this course had plenty of places to cry, after the half and full split, where you were spread out enough that emotional breakdowns and supernatural visits from family members can be experienced without judgment. I am an EMOTIONAL runner. I cry a few tears in every race, happy, sad, hurt, it doesn't matter I cry. This race had 3 crying experiences (that is pretty average). Crying spell 1: Mile 19ish, my hamstring is killing me. Same thing happened in WG Marathon but it is so intense and unwavering it can be hard to bear, which leads to a few angry tears. Crying spell 2: Mile 2...
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