This will be my first marathon in 5 years - last one was the 2015 Trap Pond, Delaware Marathon.
I know Race Day is a little ways from now. But just like all the others, they always get here before you know it.
I trained for the 2015 marathon through the winter. Was a lot of snow that year and I'm expecting the same this time too. Apparently people around here shy away from running outside in the winter. When I had visited a running store in Haddonfield to ask about local running clubs, I was told that people mainly run during the summer.
Well I don't. Just about the only things that stop me are lightning or when the path is completely iced or snowed over. And that's very rare. I logged many miles around the Schuylkill River Trail and Cooper River Park. They usually clear the path pretty quickly.
Sub-zero temperatures don't scare me off either. I still remember one of my 15-milers around the Schuylkill and as I was passing downtown Philly after, a thermostat all in lights read 18 degrees.
I'm ready to do this. I was in great shape for a long time after the last one and could have done another quickly but for some reason I had lost my heart.
But I'm ready now. As much as depression and the grief of losing my husband cut me, I still want to run. It still balances me like nothing else. True, there are many things running doesn't do that other exercise can. But running is something I can do completely on my own terms. No pressure. No judgment. And I just love flying down a path, jamming to my favorite running beats.
I'm going to enjoy this ride.
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Me getting medal after Trap Pond marathon.
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I trained for the 2015 marathon through the winter. Was a lot of snow that year and I'm expecting the same this time too. Apparently people around here shy away from running outside in the winter. When I had visited a running store in Haddonfield to ask about local running clubs, I was told that people mainly run during the summer.
Well I don't. Just about the only things that stop me are lightning or when the path is completely iced or snowed over. And that's very rare. I logged many miles around the Schuylkill River Trail and Cooper River Park. They usually clear the path pretty quickly.
Sub-zero temperatures don't scare me off either. I still remember one of my 15-milers around the Schuylkill and as I was passing downtown Philly after, a thermostat all in lights read 18 degrees.
I'm ready to do this. I was in great shape for a long time after the last one and could have done another quickly but for some reason I had lost my heart.
But I'm ready now. As much as depression and the grief of losing my husband cut me, I still want to run. It still balances me like nothing else. True, there are many things running doesn't do that other exercise can. But running is something I can do completely on my own terms. No pressure. No judgment. And I just love flying down a path, jamming to my favorite running beats.
I'm going to enjoy this ride.
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