Making a marathon decision
After talking with my pace coach and training group yesterday, I think I'm going to sign up for a First Time Marathoners program with my running club, with a goal of running my first marathon in October. Marine Corps Marathon, here in DC, sells out pretty fast but it coincides best with my plans this fall so I'm tentatively going to put it out there that I'll start training with the program in May to be ready for my first marathon in October. Soooo intimidated by this..... I'll probably feel more confident after my second 1/2 in March but this feels like a big decision!
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.
I have only done 2 1/2s with my third coming up in Feb and I keep thinking about a full. At the St. Jude 1/2 we split off from the full pack and I kept thinking "what if"??? I know my knee wont take the training to run it the entire way, so I am planning on signing up for St. Jude in December with a walk/run plan. I will probably fell like puking when I hit the button, but I really think I can do it, especially with the training I will be doing for the 70.3 in September. I really feel like this is my year. Congrats on a big decision!!! I hope I can make the same one in a few months!!
Kat
Lots of 5K's, 10K's., 4 1/2 Marathons, 3 Sprint Triathlon done. 2 Olympics and my First IRONMAN 70.3 September 2013 and First Full Marathon Dec 2013 !!!!!
My blog- www.NPRunner.blogspot.com
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
I did a 1/2 and was so ready to start training for the full the minute the 1/2 ended. I began training and did the full one year after my first 1/2. It is a whole new ball game to train for the full. I had to be super disciplined and learn the whole "science to re-fueling", which is not something you have to think about for the 1/2. There is a big difference, but I highly recommend doing a full once in your lifetime!! It truly is life changing. My goal was always just to finish and nothing more. Good luck to you!! You can do this!!
