Old and slow

If you're a marathoner, especially if you're either "of a certain age" or a slower runner/walker, you'll probably relate to my posts. I've completed all the states, my total is over 80, and I've even collected a few age group awards along the way. But I'm always in the last 10% of finishers, thus my view is always from the back of the pack.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Still working on 2nd read

Even though I haven't posted here in a long time, I have been working.  I've published an SAT vocabulary book, SAT Words--Prioritized. and I'm working on an SAT grammar workbook and an SAT math workbook.  I'm still running, up to 153 marathons to date.

In addition to all that, I'm still working on my memoir about my running life.  I'm currently reading it for the second time to my critique group.  I'm about half way now, and I hope to get it published by May.

My two running goals are: 1) finish the states for the 2nd time, and 2) complete 200 marathons. During the last year, my knees have bothered me for the first time.  I'm starting to walk more, run less, and I've decided to avoid doubles, all in an effort to get my knees through more miles.  These days, I'm looking for marathons with generous time limits.

And I seem to be unable to avoid blisters. Every time a method seems to work for several runs in a row, and I think I've found the answer, I have blisters again.  I'm currently nursing three bad blisters that developed during First Light Marathon in Mobile, AL, this last weekend.  Perhaps I'm just doomed.

Here at the beginning of a new year, I'm going to make another commitment to post to this blog more often.  We'll see how that works out.

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