Springtime

I began this blog at the beginning of the year and have not done a very good job of keeping it updated. Nevertheless, I have been running. You can track my progress on the right of the blog. I have logged just under 100 miles this year so far.

I spent most of my running training for the Kentucky Derby Festival MiniMarathon. I am pleased to say that I finished my first mini with a time of 2 hours 12 minutes and 53 seconds. For the the nonrunners out there a minimarathon is 13.1 miles. I ran it with a pace of 10:08 per mile. I have to say it was the hard physical feat I have ever attempted. There were times when I felt like quiting, but I pushed through the pain and finished.

I ran my second race of the year this past Saturday. I went down to Kingsport, TN to spend Mother's Day with the family and ran in a 5K at the state park down from my parents' house. It was a fun, small race through a hilly park. I was able to run this in my fastest time yet with a 8:39 mile pace.

My big goal for this year is to run the Louisville Marathon in October. A marathon is 26.2 miles. I will run in several shorter races of the summer in preparation for the fall. I am feeling good about my running and am excited to see myself progress as a runner.

I hope to keep this blog updated regularly with updates of my running, some of my thoughts, and good articles I find on the web.

P.S. Check out my lovely mom's blog at marileadreams.blogspot.com. You can see a neat photo montage of myself over the years leading up to my 25th birthday! It was so great to see my mother on Mother's Day. I do have to say I have the best mom in the whole world!