I love the idea of us having a blog to share with our family and friends while we are training for this big race! Now it is to put it on my training plan to make it a priority to sit down and blog. 😂 We started week 5 of the Base Training for the Titanium this week, with a marathon March 25th looming over our heads. Me and mom celebrated the fact, that at least not in this calendar year, we will not have to do any runs longer than 3 hours and 15 minutes once this marathon is complete. This past Saturday I ran 18 miles, and Triva Val and Bike Renee met pme after the first 8 the run the last of it with me (much appreciated). The included photo is how it went for me... It was finished none the less! Started this week out strong and will finish it strong with an indoor tri on Sunday!
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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