Friday, September 30, 2011

September balance

September has been a busy month with running, hiking, working, and home life. It's been hard to find a balance that keeps all happy. I love all equally, but I need to remember that keeping the home life happy, makes for happier running and hiking. I wish I could share my joys of running and hiking, but like a person trying to quit smoke, it needs to be done by ones own time.....

Monday, September 5, 2011

2nd Half in the books

Wow! What a year its been for me in running.
Ran the Sunriver (Half) Marathon for a Cause on Sunday (9/4) and I really had no goal time that I want to get for this one. I haven't trained too much, because I have been doing lots of hiking on the weekend. So most or all my running has been during the week. No speed work or hills workouts, just running.
So when I finished with a time of 1:46:46, 7 minutes better than my previous half, I was pretty shocked and very happy. I got 4th again in my AG for the 4th time in a row....crazy! 32nd overall out of 294.

This has been an awesome year of running for me, because I have been able to get a personal best in all distances that I have ran, 5k, 10K, Half, and Marathon.