Aiming for Marathon #4 on New Year's Day
I registered this evening, as originally promised, for the Texas Marathon in Kingwood on New Year's Day.
This marathon, put on by Steve and Paula Boone of Humble (of the 50 States Marathon Club and the Bayou City Road Runners), is used by many runners as a long training run for the Houston Marathon, which, of course, is two weeks later. In fact, last year, 50 runners did both, including the overall winner, John Yoder of the Houston Striders. (As a result of this, the majority of the runners who do both will improve their time because of this. 45 of 50 did in 2005.)
We'll see how this goes. I'm taking this very serious and am going to attempt to put together a plan to try and PR or even go under 4:48. (But, if I don't, the world isn't going to end either.) I feel like the recent longer runs give me the opportunity to be successful here.
The only drawback to the event is that it is four (4) 6.55-mile loops, but it still all adds up to 26.2!
If you're in town and want to go a loop on race day to get in a nice easy run, I'll be more than happy to accept a pacer if you want to make the jaunt out to Kingwood.
This marathon, put on by Steve and Paula Boone of Humble (of the 50 States Marathon Club and the Bayou City Road Runners), is used by many runners as a long training run for the Houston Marathon, which, of course, is two weeks later. In fact, last year, 50 runners did both, including the overall winner, John Yoder of the Houston Striders. (As a result of this, the majority of the runners who do both will improve their time because of this. 45 of 50 did in 2005.)
We'll see how this goes. I'm taking this very serious and am going to attempt to put together a plan to try and PR or even go under 4:48. (But, if I don't, the world isn't going to end either.) I feel like the recent longer runs give me the opportunity to be successful here.
The only drawback to the event is that it is four (4) 6.55-mile loops, but it still all adds up to 26.2!
If you're in town and want to go a loop on race day to get in a nice easy run, I'll be more than happy to accept a pacer if you want to make the jaunt out to Kingwood.
posted by WalkSports.com | 8:22 PM
1 Comments:
Even with 4 loops...you will really like this run. It's very flat and very scenic..all on greenbelt trails. Steve and Paula do a great job with this event.
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