As of yesterday I had no intention of running a marathon this year. I mean
all my focus is on IM Louisville and I have no clue how my body is going to feel
after August 26th. So with that said my fall race schedule has been left wide
open and I wasn't going to register for anything until after IMKY. And if I did
register for a race it was going to be something fun like a 70.3 relay or a 10k.
Well... then yesterday happened! The twitter world started blowing up about
how the Marine Corp Marathon registration was opening up at 3pm. I had no clue
it was race registration day and really didn't care to be honest. I still had no
intention of registering for a marathon that was going to be 8 weeks after
Louisville, but I wanted to check out what date the race was on because I was
interested in the 10k and the 10k only.
I sent an email over to my one and only and asked him if he would be
interested in the 10k and jokingly said he should run the marathon. Well to my
surprise he responded with this:
"Sure, why not. I mean I will be running and biking already, so the
marathon, lets do it. I'll need a training plan."
Which lead to a "oh shit, this is really happening" on my end. We had a
couple more email exchanges and as 3 o'clock rolled I had the MCM page up and
ready. Jason ninja registered at about 2:50 and told me it was open so I
registered too without any server crash issues.
The race itself sold out in a record time of 2 hours and 41 minutes. I
guess a lot of people like to run?
Anyhow, I haven't actually ran a marathon since 2005 and just recently
started thinking about running another one. I really wanted to try to BQ at the
next marathon I ran, but I know this will not be happening at the MCM. I will
not have enough time to really dedicate to a training cycle, so I will just be
coasting off my IM fitness and running this for fun with Jason. We had a blast
at the last race we ran together and I expect this one to be the same :) Plus I
think it's a first great marathon to run: it's close to home and there is a ton
of crowd support. This marathon is going to be all about Jason and I hope enjoys
every minute of it.
Did you get caught up in all the hype yesterday and register
for MCM?
Happy Thursday All :)
Ha! Nice peer pressure.. Good Luck to both of you!!
ReplyDeleteI have decided I am doing IM Louisville in 2013, so I can;t wait to hear about that!
ReplyDeleteI think it is great that you two will be running together!
ReplyDeleteAh so jealous you got in! I figured I would register when I got home from work and it was already sold out :( - I'm hoping to get a bib when transfer time rolls around!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!! I did Marine Corps in 2009 and loved it! So exciting to get back to marathons :) Can't wait to hear all about training and how it all goes!
ReplyDeleteill be down there to cheer you all on!! have fun :)
ReplyDeleteThat's so exciting. Nothing like the impulse registration! With all the hype, I was very tempted myself!!!
ReplyDeleteMarine Corps is a fantastic marathon! Have fun! I have no desire to run a marathon this year, but applaud everyone else who is doing one!
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