Just wanted to give an update on my Boston Marathon training
and fundraising. The training has been
going good so far. Been logging lots of
miles on the treadmill during the week and doing my long runs on the weekend
with my longest run being just under 9 miles which is the maximum I will run
until the “official” Boston Marathon training schedule begins 18 weeks before
the marathon on December 10th.
But until then, it’s more about losing weight and getting my body back
in to running shape. Since I started
getting back on the treadmill in the beginning of September, I’ve lost over 20
lbs to date. Hoping to lose another 20
or so pounds by race date which I think is easily attainable based on the
mileage I’ll be running between now and April. Since the start of September when I found out I was going to
be on the 2013 DFMC Team, I’ve run 207 miles.
Went on a bit of a shopping spree for running gear since the
stuff I was running with was getting a bit old and worn out. So I got a couple of new pairs of running shoes
from Runner’s Alley in Nashua, NH. Got some ugly Mizuno Wave Riders in a hideous shiny blue metallic color and a pair of Brooks Ghosts. Plan is to alternate them from now until Boston breaking them in and pick the pair
that feels better for race day. Or what
might actually happen is I’ll pick the pair that looks better on race day which isn’t gonna be the shiny blue ones. Because the important thing is to look good in the race photographs.
A couple weekends ago Angela and I did the 1st Annual Chunky’s 5k in Nashua, NH. Chunky’s is a local movie theatre chain. The run was more of a trail run than a road
race. Rain that morning kept a lot of
people away so it was a relatively small race with only about a hundred
runners. But I was happy with my
time. I even got an award for finishing
in 2nd place in my age bracket.
Not as impressive considering the field size but I’ll take it! I finished in 23:48 which was good for me
since this year, my race times had been getting progressively slower and slower
with each subsequent race. To see my
time trending back in the right direction was a good sign that my training is
starting to pay off already. I’m sure
that was due to the fact that I hadn’t really done much running for most of the
year and focused most of my attention on skydiving on the weekends. But skydiving season is just about to end
(this upcoming weekend is my last of the year) so my focus will be solely on
running pretty much from now until Boston.
Last night Angela and I went to the Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute (a trip that Angela has made too many times) for an event there to
celebrate the fundraising of the 2012 Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team and
also to welcome some of the 2013 DFMC runners.
We got to meet some of the DFMC staff and some of my 2013 DFMC teammates
who I’m sure I’ll be running many miles with on the group runs on the
weekends. We got to see the big check
presentation from the 2012 DFMC fundraising efforts. The 2012 DFMC Team raised $4,444,154.07 for
the DFCI. Some of the researchers at the
DFCI talked about the types of programs the funds we raise goes towards. Our team goal for the 2013 DFMC is to raise
over $4.6 million for cancer research.
So far to date I have raised $1,029.80 (including checks
that haven’t been posted to the website yet) thanks to the generosity of many
donors whose names can be seen on the honor roll at my donation site http://www.2013bostonmarathon.com. Thank you all again for your donations and
support.
I still have a long way to go with my training and my fundraising, but we're off to a very good start.
