I'm back for my second year of running with the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge team in the Boston Marathon! I'll be chronicling every step of my journey, both fundraising and training here. Please visit my fundraising page to make a donation and help in the fight against cancer!
Friday, January 14, 2011
A little extra motivation..
Today was the long run of the week, and since Somerville is still covered in piles and piles of snow then I grudgingly headed over to the gym to do my run indoors. Ugh. But I was a bit excited since this would be my first trip to my new gym, the local BSC. There was hardly anyone else on the cardio floor when I picked a treadmill and started running. The quirk about the treadmill was that it wouldn't allow me to run any longer than an hour - so after my hour was up I had to stop, and then restart again to finish up my last .9 of a mile. I felt pretty good overall though, staying at a relaxed pace most of the way through and then kicking it up on the last mile to just under a 9:00/mile pace. Overall, I did 6.5 miles in about 66 minutes (give or take a bit, considering my stop / restart). My legs still felt fresh at the end of the run, which I was happy about and I was right around my target pace. During my miles of running, I came up with a creative way to motivate myself over the next 3 months that remain before the marathon. Last year, I fell far behind my target time and finished the marathon in 5:56.30. I was, and still am thrilled to have finished my first ever marathon. That said, I'm also a competitor - so to motivate myself to keep pushing hard in my training I decided that in addition to setting an overall time goal (which is 4:56 in case you were wondering) is to pledge that for every minute I cut off of last years time, I will donate two dollars to the DFMC team. So, if I hit my goal time of 4:56 then that's 60 minutes, or $120. I figured it's a unique way to motivate myself - and all for a great cause! If you'd like to join my minutes for money challenge then let me know! The more the better!
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