A New PR

Home from St. Louis, and although the course was continuously hilly with temperatures in the mid to high 70's, I was able to pull out a PR for the half-marathon course with a solid 2:25:03. This is my 5th PR of the year, and 7th event overall for 2010. I am SMOKING on these competitions this year and..... I think I have decided that instead of doing just the half in San Francisco, I'm going to go for the full! I have a schedule ready to go, and am just lucky enough that the training starts at week 16, precisely the week we are in right now.

I was a little intimidated by the schedule at first, but seeing that there are only about 5-6 long runs that are more than 13 miles, I'm certain I can pull it off. And I'm determined to do better this time around rather than my near crash and burn in Chicago in October last year. I now know that a marathon cannot be done with minimal training, and although the bulk of my training right now consists of swimming and biking, I'm confident that as long as I get in the long runs on the weekends, my racing will only improve.

I've also decided, along with Shane, to take on all fifty states as far as events/races go. Marathons, halves, tri's, etc. I plan on doing at least one event in all fifty states by life's final call - if said events don't kill me first :) Either way, at this point I'm extremely satisfied with my recent PR, looking forward to another Derby Half Marathon in 2 weeks, and also getting back into my tri training tomorrow with a 1300m swim. Go ME!