Yup, that's right. I've signed up for another 13.1 mile ordeal. One of these days, I may learn my lesson.
Actually, the timing on this is perfect. It comes at a time when I'm really working on getting back on track Weight Watchers-wise, and making a commitment to getting back to walking and going to the gym more regularly. Signing up for the Disco Half at the end of March will help by giving me a purpose and a definite goal to work towards. Since this will be my first half marathon since the Super Hero Half last May, my goals for this race are simple:
- Finish within the 3:30 time limit and get the medal
- Have FUN with it
- Ideally, run/walk using a 1 minute run/2 minute walk interval throughout the entire 13.1 miles
- Have FUN with it
- Pay more attention to strength training this time around
- Did I mention "Have FUN with it"???
- Get the medal :-)
(That's me and my twin sister in the stroller, getting ready to become dinosaur dinner.)
I live within five miles of the park, and I can get in some training miles on the actual race course on the weekends. I've done a few other races in the park, so I have a pretty good idea of what it's like to run/walk it. It's also one of the flattest race courses I've raced on. There's basically one hill, and that's a ramp to an overpass. I've already done a third of the race course back in November, when I did the FDNY Turkey Trot, and that was probably the worst third of it. So, there's no really good reason why I can't do this one.
It sure seems like a good idea...
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