I followed Running in Mommyland‘s quest in completing her first marathon this spring.  The running geek I am–I love following running blogs.  I remember her sharing with me that she was sad to  hit the taper.  That the whole marathon training was coming to an end.

Well I am the opposite.  I am ready for this to end.

Don’t get me wrong.  I am enjoying the running and gearing up for the Seattle Rock and Roll Marathon that I will run on June 23rd.  I did seventeen miles on Sunday afternoon and it went amazingly well.  But…

1) Doing Hal Higdon’s Marathon Training Intermediate is a lot more running than the novice track.  Doing eight milers midweek is tough to schedule.  

2)  I got a road bike and helmet as part of my birthday present.  I took my first bike ride in over ten years Easter weekend.  The last bike I owned was given to me for my fourteen birthday–over twenty years ago.  I have not been able to ride my new bike very much because I am running all the time.

3)  I am dealing with much less soreness and pain this time around compared to the other two marathons I trained for.  I remember waking up in the morning and hobbling to the bathroom before “my legs kicked in.”  I am not very sore these days even with all the extra miles.  I am, however, more fatigued.  I feel tired often.  I sleep amazingly well at night–good hard sleep.  I feel like I am lagging during the day.

This is the first time I trained for a spring marathon.  The last two I ran were in the fall.  I have to say I like doing long runs in March, April, and May versus September, October, and November.  Come end of June I hope to take a couple weeks off from running and get that bike out on the road.

Posted by artoornstra in Running Tags: biking, creating memories, moms, running