Suntrust Marathon Update

Here are some stats on my latest marathon

Summary

Per Mile

The route

Can this schedule be any Crazier

Marathon #	Date	Name	Location	Type	status
12	12/14/2008	Honolulu Marathon	Honolulu	Marathon	Done
13	1/18/2009	PF Chang Marathon	Arizona	Marathon	Done
14	2/7/2009	Sedona Marathon	Arizona	Marathon	Done
15	3/21/2009	Suntrust National Marathon	Washington DC	Marathon	Done
16	4/11/2009	Illinois Marathon	Champaing, Il	Marathon
17	5/31/2009	San diego RnR Marathon	San Diego, CA	Marathon
	6/20/2009	24 Hour Ultracycling	Middleville, MI	Ultra Cycling
18	6/27/2009	Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon	Seattle, WA	Marathon
19	7/11/2009	Leadville Trail Marathon	Leadville, CO	Marathon
20	8/9/2009	ET Moonlight Marathon	Nevada	Marathon
	9/13 - 9/19	Bicycle Ride across Utah	Utah	Cycling
21	9/27/2009	Quad City Marathon	Moline, IL	Marathon
22	10/4/2009	LakeFront Marathon	Milwaukee, WI	Marathon
23	10/11/2009	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, IL	Marathon
24	11/15/2009	San Antonio RnR Marathon	San Antonio Marathon	Marathon
25	12/5/2009	San Francisco Ultra 50 milers	San Francisco	Ultra Marathon

 

Suntrust Marathon -Washington DC 2009, #15, #4 in a row

Hello,
Well, I had another great marathon this weekend, March 21st in DC. There were about 7,000 participant and about 5,000 did the half and the rest did the full. It takes entirely in DC going through all the little neighborhoods. The mayor of DC also ran it. The race shirts were awesome, dri fit ones. They were pulling in all the stops for this marathon since they want to make it as big as NY and put it in the map.

Racing to the finished line

Walking wow


Post race hunger

More pictures here.
http://picasaweb.google.com/runandcycle/WashintonDCMarathon_Danny#

Fun Run at Running Away - 3/17/2009

Well, I decided to go to a fun run sponsored by Running Away store on North ave and boy.. it was fun. I did not know anyone and felt a bit awkward but I warmed up to the group and had a great run. It was an awesome 5 mile run

Summary

Per mile

Our Route

Great 10 mile run

Lakefront during the summer time

Late afternoon yesterday, I decided to go for a 10 mile run. I have not really ran more then 6 miles since my last Marathon about 1 month ago in Sedona...so I started to get nervous. I went out to the lake and realized I forgot my gloves and my hand got very cold. But I braved it and continue on. The lakefront was quite, it was peacefull compare to on saturday's morning. I had a slow start, since my body was still warming up. Ran from Wilson to Diversay near Oak Street beach and back. I had to good and faster run on the second leg of the 10 mile run. Some of my splits were at 7:30min miles to 9:00min miles.. not less then that.

My breathing was easy and my legs just floated.... I believe I am ready. Finished my 10 miles in 1:30

take care

No RAGBRAI 2009 for me....

Ragbrai 2009 route

Well, the official route is out on this year Great bike ride across Iowa and after doing it for 10 years... I still am not going to do it this year. I guess you can call it being burned out from Iowa and the whole experience...Who knows maybe I will come back again next year.. but I need something new. SO, I am going to do LAGBRAU - http://www.lagbrau.com/

It is time for a change and Iowa, although I will miss my buddies... but not this year....


New route
http://data.desmoinesregister.com/ragbrai/2009/route.php

Everything Changes

Today's wisdom card tells me:
Everything Changes.
Everything changes..... your body, mind and relationships all change.
When you realize this fact, you can discard useless attachments, and become genuinely humble about everything in life.

Just like the river flows, so those changes in your life.... it is never the same for good or bad but once you accept that this is just the fact of life.. reality become more bearable and will begin to enjoy life more. Things happen for a reason, no one knows why but they show us where to go and what to do.

Acceptance of change will bring inner peace if you let go and just like a river, go with the flow....