Marathon

I've had it in the back of my head that I want to run a marathon for more than 10 years and this winter, spring and summer I've decided to give it another try. The tentative race is the Cordova marathon on July 11, which will give Beth and I an excuse to take the ferry over to Cordova and check the place out for a day or two.

Since I got to Alaska almost 2 months ago I've been running or XC skiing probably 3 times a week, and the funny thing about it is that I'm already getting into better shape. I'm pretty lucky that I have a body thats pretty willing to take the abuse, and that whips itself into shape pretty quickly. So far I've run up to 7.5 miles, with relative ease during the run but considerable soreness afterwards (i.e.: today). I'm thinking that I need to make that a typical distance in about the next month or so, so that from April on I can go for a couple runs of about that length a week, with longer runs mixed in occasionally.

Beth is also in training for the Mayor's Midnight Sun half-marathon in Anchorage in mid-June. So we'll be a couple of running fools until mid-summer.