I wouldn't call it a lame run, it just wasn't spectacular. I took a quick walking break, just one, so that felt pretty good. And I did feel pretty bad ass running in the rain.
On to more important things!
Slight change of plans....
The run I was planning on doing is 7.5 hours away. Yeah, not going to happen. I can't afford to take two days off of work.
SO I have narrowed it down to three choices:
- Run the Shamrock Run in Portland the following Sunday (March 14th). One upside to this is that it'll be the first accomplishment post my 25th birthday. The downside to this is that it's only 15K, which is a mere 5K short of a half marathon.
- Run the 2nd Annual Lincoln City half marathon. This is an actual half marathon in length, and can be celebrated by fun at the beach. However, the course is rolling hills with a fairly steep decline in the beginning, thus a steep incline to the finish.
- Make my own course, run it, and recruit one of my friends to time me. This may also be followed by a celebratory get together at my house.
I vote B, run the Lincoln City marathon. You will feel amazing after you get past the steep incline. Plus you can train for the steep incline so you're more preapred for it. It seems closest to your goal that you had in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI didn't vote A, Shamrock, because it's not the full marathon you want.
I didn't vote C, making your own, because you planned to run a real marathon, so I think you should stick with it. You'll be able to say you ran IN a marathon and finished it.