This is my first try at creating a blog, so be patient with me. Want to share my experiences in preparing for my third encounter with the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco, CA on October 21,2007. Have successfully completed this event twice, am now trying to make it within 6:15 total time. Not fast for a runner, but for a 62 year old "racewalker" it's pretty quick. Requires averaging 14:18 per mile for 26 miles (about 4.2 mph). My best previous time is 6:34:40, so this is an ambitious goal, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I'll be posting training times, miles and similar data, sort of as a personal journal and to give anyone so bored as to be reading this an idea of what is going on. We'll start with some historical data in a separate post titled "2005, It Begins". Come back to see this space from time to time, it may be interesting (or not) but hopefully not boring.
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Tom & Naomi at Finish of Nike Marathon
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- Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- Welcome! What you will find here is the story of my experiences while racewalking marathons, & since 2012 riding up to 100 kilometer bicycle rides, along with detours into Butler basketball, cataract surgery,travels (such as the Caribbean Islands Cruise Marathon) and whatever else seems like it should be posted here. Having completed 6 Full Marathons & 27 Halfs since 2005 it’s time to focus on improving my racewalk form and speed doing shorter races. My last Full was the Marine Corps Marathon 31/10/2010 (2500 years after Pheidippides run to Athens). MCM was not any tougher than my five prior Fulls in San Francisco, just a nice finale. In 2009 I debated whether to do LLS fundraising - that ended with Bob Raleigh’s report he has acute myelogenous leukemia. Then I got better acquainted with Caleb Schneck, who at age 6 is also fighting leukemia. For me TNT/LLS fundraising is the best way to help support their treatment, since LLS helps fund the clinical study Bob was in at Siteman, and Caleb's treatment at Johns Hopkins. Your support of my participation in Team In Training helps Caleb, Bob and advances LLS's mission. Racewalking & cycling to save lives.
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