1. Adjusting plans
2. Changin plans
3. NYRR's France 8K
1. Adjusting plans
I have been going back and forth over running Montreal's Marathon and I have decided that I am not going to run it. This has been a horrible summer, rather 16 weeks, to train for a marathon. I am a little disappointed but I would rather drop out than do something that would injure my body. This realization came last week when I attempted to run an easy 8 miles in preparation to run 16 miles during the weekend. Even though it was very hot and humid last Thursday, I just was not into the run and I kind of knew that there would be no way that I could complete a 16 mile run.
Although I did not care for the run, I was kind of happy that I was able to revisit Roosevelt Island for the run.
Instead, I decided that I will run the Montreal Half-Marathon rather than the full marathon. I do not think that I have it in me to run the full marathon but I know that I can complete the half-marathon. I know this because last weekend I easily ran 10 miles.
2. Changing plans
Since I really wanted to run a marathon, I think that I will run the Shamrock Marathon (March 2017) in Virginia Beach, Virginia . . . my original hometown. It will give me to reason to visit my family while accomplishing a goal for myself. Plus, it will be cool to have some family support . . . along with some good food during that weekend.
Although it will be cool to run a marathon in my hometown, I do find the route to be a little boring. I find it boring because it's one of those "been there, done that" routes. Being from the area, I guess it would be hard to close down a bunch of streets, like the marathons in big metropolitan city such as NYC, Boston, and San Fransisco. However, it is worth a shot. Plus, the marathon is in March, so training would be easier because my long runs will be done during the colder months. So, I will see how this goes.
3. NYRR's France 8K
Although I had a horrible time running 5 miles on Roosevelt Island, I enjoyed NYRR's France 8K on Sunday. Initially, it was super muggy, BUT there was an INTENSE downpour during the run. The downpour felt good and bad. Obviously good, because the weather was cooler. Bad, because I hate running in wet shoes.
According to my running apps, I ran the race with a pace of 8:09 min/mi but the official results were 8:21min/mi, which is really slow for me.
It was nice getting back into some friendly competition at an NYRR race. Also, I need to completed only 2 more races to qualify for the NYC Marathon in 2017.