damnitall... they don't tell you about the $5.95 PROCESSING FEE that goes with the $85 REGISTRATION FEE.... why oh why can't they just tell you that up front? Seriously, is it too much to ask for?
oh yeah, I finally registered for the ½ marathon.
wish me luck!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Will I make the commitment....?
I tend to lag on some things.... procrastinate is more like it. Once and a while I get a bug in me and actually do something on time. This is not one of those moments. I've been wanting to sign up for the San Jose Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon for quite a while. Maybe since I heard of it 2 years ago? Yeah, sounds about right. Shall I back up a bit?
Two years ago I had the great fortune of training for and running a half marathon in San Francisco. I signed up with the AIDS Marathon for the training, and it was great. I never ran long distance before in my life. Well, except for the mandatory mile run in high school. But let's not talk about how long ago that was. The training was a commitment for 6 months, and it paid off in the end at 3 hours 16 minutes (and a run across the Golden Gate bridge and back). I heard of the SJ half marathon around that time and thought about continuing my training for a couple more months. But life takes turns in interesting ways, as it were. For those who aren't aware, I ran the SF Half Marathon while being 4 weeks pregnant with Ryan. And yes, I knew it 2 days beforehand. I was doing okay until I was about 6 or 7 weeks pregnant when all energy was zapped from my body. So running the SJ ½ Marathon was out of the question for 2006.
2007 was not any better. I had just gone back to work (after a lovely 5 months off, which felt like 6 weeks), and never had the time/energy/desire to run on a consistent basis. "Next year" is what I kept telling myself, while my running shoes continued to collect dust.
So now it's "next year" and I've been running again since the beginning of the summer. With the exception of heat waves (and camping), I've been doing fairly good with my weekday runs. My weekend 'long' runs have been okay. Could be better though. Last Sunday I got up to 8 miles at Lake Elizabeth... in the heat... None too pleasant, but I did pretty good. I see why iPods are popular!
But I haven't registered for the SJ ½ marathon yet. I say I'm going to do it. I've told a few people about it, hoping that will give me incentive to not look like a liar. I've even opened the website's registration page...
I will do it.
eventually...........
Two years ago I had the great fortune of training for and running a half marathon in San Francisco. I signed up with the AIDS Marathon for the training, and it was great. I never ran long distance before in my life. Well, except for the mandatory mile run in high school. But let's not talk about how long ago that was. The training was a commitment for 6 months, and it paid off in the end at 3 hours 16 minutes (and a run across the Golden Gate bridge and back). I heard of the SJ half marathon around that time and thought about continuing my training for a couple more months. But life takes turns in interesting ways, as it were. For those who aren't aware, I ran the SF Half Marathon while being 4 weeks pregnant with Ryan. And yes, I knew it 2 days beforehand. I was doing okay until I was about 6 or 7 weeks pregnant when all energy was zapped from my body. So running the SJ ½ Marathon was out of the question for 2006.
2007 was not any better. I had just gone back to work (after a lovely 5 months off, which felt like 6 weeks), and never had the time/energy/desire to run on a consistent basis. "Next year" is what I kept telling myself, while my running shoes continued to collect dust.
So now it's "next year" and I've been running again since the beginning of the summer. With the exception of heat waves (and camping), I've been doing fairly good with my weekday runs. My weekend 'long' runs have been okay. Could be better though. Last Sunday I got up to 8 miles at Lake Elizabeth... in the heat... None too pleasant, but I did pretty good. I see why iPods are popular!
But I haven't registered for the SJ ½ marathon yet. I say I'm going to do it. I've told a few people about it, hoping that will give me incentive to not look like a liar. I've even opened the website's registration page...
I will do it.
eventually...........
Monday, August 18, 2008
attempting to start
So this is my blog of my (short) half-marathon training. I've yet to sign up for the half-marathon in San Jose, but I plan to soon.
for now it's late, and the olympics are distracting...
for now it's late, and the olympics are distracting...
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