In order to help boost my fundraising efforts, I'm having a FUN Fun-draiser!
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28th, 2009
5:00pm to 9:00pm
SNOW TUBING FOR RESEARCH
Amesbury Sports Park
12 South Hunt Road
Amesbury, MA
For $25, you get 3 consecutive hours of snow tubing!! All proceeds will go to the American Liver Foundation. Afterwards, join me inside to warm up at the on site Corner Kick Pub for a few brews and some appetizers.
Bring your family, friends, roomies or the strange guy you always see on the T.
Hope to see you there! Look for the RUN FOR RESEARCH banner to get your tickets and support me and my first Boston Marathon! :D
Friday, February 27, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
I'm STILL Special. Mom says so!
So the spotlight story they did on me is no longer available at the link I originally posted, but can still be seen here!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
What's Another 10 More?
Here I sit on my sofa. Resting my legs after our 16 miler yesterday. We ran on course, the last 16.7 miles, all decked out in ridiculous costumes including 'The Love Doctor', Thing 1 and 2, and the lovely Valentine Doll Boys who ran in red 'tighy whities'.
Spirits were high and excitement and adrenaline flowing. I felt good running through Natick, Wellesley and into Newton. Then it came. The first of the hills in Newton. Got up the first major one and was moving along quite well, but the last one honestly kicked my ass. Everything hurt. My knees, my quads. Whats that weird pain in my lower leg? Oh wait theres another twinge of pain in my hamstring. Oop, now its my lower back. This is where your mental state really begins to play a role. I knew I could do it. I knew I could finish. Cardiovascular wise I felt great, but my body, the muscles were just not having it! All I could think was if this is how I feel now, what's another 10 miles going to be like!? I'm screwed...
I did finish. In just over 3 hours, which I was not happy with. But I got there, in pain, with tears about to let go an second. I could not have done it without my teammates! The few of us at the end there, stuck together and talked one another through the last 2 miles. Thank you!!
Walking back to the gym to stretch and shower was painful. I'm amazed I actually was able to get up off the floor and over to the after party, where one beer made me silly but magically, the beer and advil helped the pain go away. Stairs didn't look to daunting for the rest of the day and night.
Today, surprisingly I woke up in very minimal pain considering. Its gradually been getting a little worse and then better. But I feel really good today. Just overall soreness, which is a good thing because it means no injuries and no tendonitis! YAY
Now, lets see how the week feels...
Spirits were high and excitement and adrenaline flowing. I felt good running through Natick, Wellesley and into Newton. Then it came. The first of the hills in Newton. Got up the first major one and was moving along quite well, but the last one honestly kicked my ass. Everything hurt. My knees, my quads. Whats that weird pain in my lower leg? Oh wait theres another twinge of pain in my hamstring. Oop, now its my lower back. This is where your mental state really begins to play a role. I knew I could do it. I knew I could finish. Cardiovascular wise I felt great, but my body, the muscles were just not having it! All I could think was if this is how I feel now, what's another 10 miles going to be like!? I'm screwed...
I did finish. In just over 3 hours, which I was not happy with. But I got there, in pain, with tears about to let go an second. I could not have done it without my teammates! The few of us at the end there, stuck together and talked one another through the last 2 miles. Thank you!!
Walking back to the gym to stretch and shower was painful. I'm amazed I actually was able to get up off the floor and over to the after party, where one beer made me silly but magically, the beer and advil helped the pain go away. Stairs didn't look to daunting for the rest of the day and night.
Today, surprisingly I woke up in very minimal pain considering. Its gradually been getting a little worse and then better. But I feel really good today. Just overall soreness, which is a good thing because it means no injuries and no tendonitis! YAY
Now, lets see how the week feels...
Friday, February 13, 2009
Marathon training should come with a warning!
I am totally slacking on this blog and posting updates. I sincerely apologize, really. If there were only an extra 2 hours in a day, this would be updated every week. Actually probably not since I'd be using it to run more or sleep! Like the title say, marathon training should come with a warning that your life pretty much ends as you know it for about 16 weeks!
So where am I, how am I doing etc? WELL. Been battling Posterior Tibial Tendonitis in my lower left leg since about New Years. (That's just a fancy name for shin splints essentially!) I started going to Physical Therapy at Kennedy Brothers (shameless plug) about a month ago now, and I must say, Jake truly is a miracle worker. While I was banned to the eliptical for a few weeks, he certainly proved worth the time since I ran a half marathon this past Saturday, Feb 7th, in about 2 hours 10 mins!! If I can keep that up, it puts me on pace for a 4:20 marathon, which for my first, would be a ridiculous good time. I'm not holding my breath though... All that matters is that Saturday's run felt good and I had relatively NO pain whatsoever. Jake really is a miracle worker...
Coming up tomorrow, Valentines Day, or Singles Awareness Day as I call it, is our 16 mile 'Love Your Liver' run. We will all be dressed up in pink, red and white in honor of Valentines Day, and I am told that the news trucks will be along the route. We start about 10 miles into the Marathon in Natick, and will run all the way back to Boston to the finish line on Boylston St. I am REFUSING to cross the finish line until the actual marathon. I don't want to cross that line for the first time in my life unless its for real.
So where am I, how am I doing etc? WELL. Been battling Posterior Tibial Tendonitis in my lower left leg since about New Years. (That's just a fancy name for shin splints essentially!) I started going to Physical Therapy at Kennedy Brothers (shameless plug) about a month ago now, and I must say, Jake truly is a miracle worker. While I was banned to the eliptical for a few weeks, he certainly proved worth the time since I ran a half marathon this past Saturday, Feb 7th, in about 2 hours 10 mins!! If I can keep that up, it puts me on pace for a 4:20 marathon, which for my first, would be a ridiculous good time. I'm not holding my breath though... All that matters is that Saturday's run felt good and I had relatively NO pain whatsoever. Jake really is a miracle worker...
Coming up tomorrow, Valentines Day, or Singles Awareness Day as I call it, is our 16 mile 'Love Your Liver' run. We will all be dressed up in pink, red and white in honor of Valentines Day, and I am told that the news trucks will be along the route. We start about 10 miles into the Marathon in Natick, and will run all the way back to Boston to the finish line on Boylston St. I am REFUSING to cross the finish line until the actual marathon. I don't want to cross that line for the first time in my life unless its for real.
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