Still Racing After All These Years

It's been years since I've posted on this blog, thanks to a little app called Facebook. I like the instant gratification of it but I still think about this blog and the community I once had here. And I haven't stopped running. Life is good!

I've been training for my tenth marathon--the TCM in Minneapolis. It was my first marathon and it seemed fitting that it would be my tenth. As always, I'm hoping for a PR, although my marathon times have been abysmal! But hope springs eternal and I'm feeling confident that I will run well. I've been strength training 2x a week and taking Pilates once a week and I put in two 20 mile runs over the summer. I also weigh less than I've ever weighed since I started running and I hope all that will give me an edge come Sunday.

Last week I ran a 10K in 1:02:31--which is blazing fast for me. It's easy to run a short race well when you've been running 18 and 20 miles. I managed to win my 60-69 age group, which was my goal going into the race. Sadly, there were only three of us, but we were all competitive.

After the race there was a drawing for raffle prizes and I sat on a bench next to a young-ish woman (when you're in your 60s, everyone under 50 looks like they're in their 20s), waiting to see if we won anything. We chatted and she said, "I want to be one of those women who is still running when they're 70." Yeah, me too. Only 70 is just 7 years away for me! I not only want to be running, I want to be running marathons when I'm 70. I'll let you know how the next one goes.

I won a raffle prize!