As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was too late to sign up for the National Marathon scheduled for March 17. How am I going to get through this month without a marathon, when I'm supposed to be in the midst of my 2nd annual spring marathon blitz? Hmm, I don't know. I'm thinking about a race in North Carolina on March 24, but it's, uh, a bit hilly. So I don't know if I want to commit to that.
In the meantime, I was spurred on to sign up for a May marathon in Brookings, South Dakota, which will be a new destination for me, and for the Charlottesville Marathon in April. I've run the Charlottesville race a couple of times before, but the course was different the second time, and I hear it's changed again for this year. They say it's flatter. So maybe I could manage the North Carolina self-torture event a couple of weeks before that?
Finishing a marathon gives me such a high, it is hard to wait to experience that again. I'm trying to remember the way I felt the Sunday after the Myrtle Beach race, when I was packing my bag at the hotel and listening to the interview on a local TV show and thinking, "A triathlon, sure, why not?" I felt strong and happy, ready to dive into a new challenge. I'm hoping at least my memory of that energy can last me until April 7!
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