Fargo Marathon

Results from the 2009 Fargo Marathon:

Division: Men 25-29

Overall Place: 17

Sex Place:17 (i.e. no girls beat me)

10k: 39:41

13.1 mile: 1:25:09

20 mile: 2:10:49

Last 10k: 41:46

Time: 2:52:34

Pace: 6:35

It was a good race, though the weather was pretty cold.  I didn't do quite as good as I'd liked, I was trying to get under 2:50, but didn't quite make it.  The course was a lot different in that it winded through a lot of residential areas and often in the second half of the race there was no one around meet at all.  A bit different than Boston.

It was a great race and I finished 1st in my age division, so I was very excited about that and I won my first prize, a $50 gift card to Scheels Sporting Goods.  All in all a good race and a great weekend.

 

Fargo Marathon

Tomorrow is the big day marathon number 2 this year.  The Fargo marathon, which I a very excited for.  I have a lot of friends and family running and because it is a lot smaller field I think that I can place pretty high.  I am shooting for a top 10 finish, which is very possible if I can improve my existing personal best at all.  

The weather is supposed to be kind of nasty, mid 30's and potentially rain/snow, yes that's right snow in May.  We'll have to see how the race goes, we will have to make 2 loops because the course was changed due to all of the flooding that happened and this is my first marathon that I have run right after another one.  I feel like I'm completely recovered, so I don't think it should be a problem.  We'll see, it should be a fun race regardless of the outcome.

Workout: May 4th-6th

Taking it pretty easy getting ready for Fargo.

May 4th: First Softball game, so kind of a workout, but we got 10 run ruled so we only played 5 innings.  

May 5th: 5x 1000m at marathon pace.

May 6th: Easy 6 miles

Quick Tips

Quick Tip:

Two nights before the race is the most important night to get some rest.  Most people are nervous or anxious the night before a big race and can't sleep well, so make sure that two nights before you race you get a good nights sleep.

For me that's tomorrow, the Fargo marathon is Saturday.

Quick Tips

I know that I have not really shared a whole lot of advice on this blog and I have actually have learned a lot in the past year or so about running, nutrition, ect.  I am going to try and post a "Quick Tip" at least a few time a week with helpful information that I have learned.

Quick Tip:

Workout routine- Your workout routine should consist of 

1) Warm-up-Light jogging for example just enough to break a sweat.

2)Stretching- good full body stretch.

3)Workout- The hard stuff

4)Cool down- Again light jogging to lower your heart rate gradually.

5)Stretching- Again a good full-body stretch, this stretch is more important that the stretching before your workout and will help you recover from the workout and reduce soreness.

Well there you have it hopefully I'll be better and leaving more advice on this blog in the future.

Workout: May 1st-3rd

May 1: 9 miles total 2x20min @ marathon pace

May 2: Off softball practice

May 3: 13.5 miles easy (gorgeous day outside)

Last hard workout and last long run before the Fargo Marathon.  I am getting pretty excited, but I lost my watch/heart rate monitor, which is really no good.  Well, I have 5 days to find it.

Count Down to the Fargo Marathon

Just 8 days until the Fargo Marathon, I am really excited for this marathon for several reasons.  This is the first time I will be running a marathon with only 3 weeks in between, there are a lot of my friends and family are either running or coming to watch the race and because Fargo limits it marathon participation to only 1600 I think I have a good chance to place in the top 10.

I feel pretty good and will have 2 more solid workouts today and this weekend then it is another week of tapering to get ready for the race.  Also a friend of mine is trying o qualify for the Boston Marathon at Fargo so it will be fun running with him.  

No rest for the Weary!

It has been a nice couple of days after the Boston Marathon, I didn't run for two whole days afterwards.  But now it is back to work, after a week of recovery this week has been trying to get a week of solid training in without pushing too hard as to hurt myself.  

April 23rd: Basketball

April 24th: 6 miles easy pace

April 25th: Light strength training

April 26th: 5 miles easy pace

April 27th: Light strength training and easy 9 miles

April 28th: 5 miles easy

April 29th: Full body strength training and 3x(800m-600m-600m)

April 30th Basketball

I am actually feeling pretty good, other than I am very rusty at basketball, my legs feel pretty good and this week I have felt ok, not bad not great.  I am going to take it really easy next week and make sure that I'm good to go for the Fargo Marathon on May 9th.

  

Red Sox vs. Twins Game

The day after the race the Twins were into town to play the Red Sox and my cousin was able to contact a friend that he know in the Boston area.  They were great him and his wife took my Dad and I out to eat at a great Italian restaurant and got us some great tickets to the Fenway to see the Twins and Red Sox.  

Below are some of the pictures from the game.

Above our out seats pretty good view.

Celebration Time, where everybody knows your name.

 

Boston Marathon 2009 Continued

Here are some of the photos that I got from the Boston Marathon, unfortunately my Dad was not expecting me quite so soon so he did not get too much of a picture.  

 Boston of Bust!!

The finish line the day before the race.

Above is my pace tattoo, it has all of my mile split times.

My Dad and me at the finish line.

  Above is the only picture that my Dad got of me running.  

That's my foot.

Above I felt pretty good after the race.

Above Ryan Hall Top Male American runner placed 3rd.

 
The home stretch.