Once in a while, I come up with ideas about what to post here. Today, I wanted to share some interesting photos I’ve taken over time. The one below was taken back on 12 Jan 2010. My family and I were just coming back from a shore visit on Catalina Island. I shot this with a Nikon D5000 camera.
Paradise at sea (by Forlanda)
Here’s a quick tour of the Chicago Marathon course:
Here’s a very motivational and inspiring documentary about common folks and elite runners, and the challenges they faced in the quest to do a marathon.
I got this from Runner’s World web site. It gives you a view of the entire Chicago marathon course.
I just finished week 16 of my marathon training plan. My long run for the week is supposed to be 12 miles. Last Sunday, however, I ended up running almost 13 miles–12.95 miles to be exact. This is almost a half marathon!
Anyway, the run was kind of tough, as I didn’t feel strong that day. The route I took would take me almost through all of Manteca. At about 4 miles, I hit my first hill–the overpass over highway 120.
It was busy that morning as I probably had to stop around six times at intersections for a green light to cross.
At around mile 8, I started to feel body aches…mainly around the knee and hip area. Note that I never felt short of breath at all.
At around mile 9 I hit my second hill–the overpass over highway 120 on Union. I normally don’t struggle through hills, but on this run I had slight difficulty because my legs were sore.
With my legs sore, I had to continue to focus on maintaining my runing form just so that I can continue to run efficiently.
At close to the 12.95 mile mark, I had to stop as someone’s pit bull dog was loose. I had to walk so as not to induce the chase instinct of this animal. I waited until the dog left before I continued on to finish my run.
I finished the run at an average pace of 9:30 per mile. Total time was 2 hours and 3 minutes. This means that my marathon time could be around 4 hours and 30 minutes. We’ll see how my training goes and how my body builds up for this endurance test.
Now on to week 17!