Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Recovery.
I am horrible at recovery... Just putting that out there. I have not done anything in regards to RICE.
After the SC marathon, I carried on with the rest of my day! I mean, there was a whole afternoon left (finished around 12:30pm). The one thing that I haven't done this week is run... which is probably ok, but I really should be more diligent on getting some long walks in and more stretching. Also, the dreaded thought ran through my mind as I was leaving our pre-marathon party-- "I can't eat nearly as much as I was while in training".
This week (even though, yes, it's already Thursday), I plan to just continue to recover by not doing anything! Actually Saturday I will run at Peter's Canyon and then Monday I'm officially starting p90x, which I have heard is incredibly difficult. I hope to gain some fitness in other areas and that may help me improve fitness for my next marathon.
March will mark the official month of starting to train for the San Francisco Marathon! This training season, my goal is to do more cross training (mostly incorporate more swimming and biking).
~MAC
After the SC marathon, I carried on with the rest of my day! I mean, there was a whole afternoon left (finished around 12:30pm). The one thing that I haven't done this week is run... which is probably ok, but I really should be more diligent on getting some long walks in and more stretching. Also, the dreaded thought ran through my mind as I was leaving our pre-marathon party-- "I can't eat nearly as much as I was while in training".
This week (even though, yes, it's already Thursday), I plan to just continue to recover by not doing anything! Actually Saturday I will run at Peter's Canyon and then Monday I'm officially starting p90x, which I have heard is incredibly difficult. I hope to gain some fitness in other areas and that may help me improve fitness for my next marathon.
March will mark the official month of starting to train for the San Francisco Marathon! This training season, my goal is to do more cross training (mostly incorporate more swimming and biking).
~MAC
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Surf City Marathon- My Experience
The Surf City Marathon in Huntington Beach was my second marathon. Overall the experience was fantastic and it was a much better race for me personally than my first race. My first race was the San Diego Rock n' Roll and it was also a great running experience, but it was the first. I knew there was a lot of room to improve... and that's exactly what I did with SC!
My gone running teammates were the sole reason that I was able to do Surf City. We trained almost all of our long runs together. I not only gained some good running buddies, but also formed some friendships that you can only form on those 4 hour long runs! :)
We ran all the way to 20 miles before I really started to "feel it". That was a huge improvement from my previous run (16 miles was my breaking point then). At mile 20 one of my friends met up with us and jogged with us for a portion of the race. It was extremely nice of her.
I have to admit, when I saw ".2" my chest started to swell and a few tiny tears started to form in my eyes... it's an extremely emotional experience for me. I am not sure if others feel that way or not.
Anyway... 2 marathons down... what's next? I am planning on the San Francisco Marathon in July.
~MAC
My gone running teammates were the sole reason that I was able to do Surf City. We trained almost all of our long runs together. I not only gained some good running buddies, but also formed some friendships that you can only form on those 4 hour long runs! :)
We ran all the way to 20 miles before I really started to "feel it". That was a huge improvement from my previous run (16 miles was my breaking point then). At mile 20 one of my friends met up with us and jogged with us for a portion of the race. It was extremely nice of her.
I have to admit, when I saw ".2" my chest started to swell and a few tiny tears started to form in my eyes... it's an extremely emotional experience for me. I am not sure if others feel that way or not.
Anyway... 2 marathons down... what's next? I am planning on the San Francisco Marathon in July.
~MAC
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Welcome!
This is a blog dedicated to running! A year or so ago Gone Running was started on meetup.com and has a fairly successful following. We are going to be running our first marathon as a team in February (Surf City Marathon 2010) and we plan to continue!
A few of our members are what I would consider experts! They have run more than their fair share of marathons and participated in other sports so I feel their opinions matter. Welcome to anyone who is interested in running whether it is beginning or advanced.
Don't forget to check us out at www.meetup.com/gone-running
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