lazy?? I don’t think so! Our fearless leader and coach Maggie completed New York City ING Marathon today in 3:20. Unbelievably, this is her first marathon that was not part of an Ironman. What a fabulous showing! Rob suffered a relapse of his back injury about 3 weeks ago and finished the Rails to Trails Marathon in 3:43. I am continually humbled and amazed by him. His plan was to run 4 hours, just to get back into a long run – but, he started running with a woman (Mom of 3) at mile 5 who was trying to qualify for Boston. She needed a 3:45, so he ran her to a 3:43 and a Boston qualifying performance. Mike ran the Rails to Trails Marathon with his long-time running partner today as well. Paul checked in from Mexico and it sounds like he is staying on track with his workouts while he is there. So….. because Pam and I did not race, she thought we were being lazy. I think not. I managed to get 13.2 miles in running yesterday and a nice recovery run with Pam this morning. She is doing well with her piriformis recovery and will be putting in the longer workouts before we know it.
Even though I am enjoying the laid back nature of this off-peak training, I miss and am looking forward to the close knit feeling of our team sharing in the pain, sweat, and sweet recovery of those tough workouts. I have never had so much fun as I did while we were waiting for the delayed start at Door County Half Ironman in July. We were all confident in our training and were able to giggle about the silly things we do. I am smiling now with the memories. Looking forward to creating all new heartwarming memories this year. Bring it on!
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