Alittle History Of A Marathon

DID YOU KNOW.... ?
The modern Athens Marathon commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C.
Legend has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous message "Niki!" ("victory"), then collapsed and died. 24.0 miles

AND THEN.........
At the 1908 Olympic Games in London, the marathon distance was changed to 26.2 miles to cover the ground from Windsor Castle to White City stadium, with the 2.2 miles added on so the race could finish in front of royal family's viewing box. This added two miles to the course, and is the origin of the Marathon tradition of shouting "God save the Queen!" (or other words relating to the Queen) as mile post 24 is passed. After 16 years of extremely heated discussion, this 26.2 mile distance was established at the 1924 Olympics in Paris as the official marathon distance

Relay Marathon With Kelly & Ed

Twenty-Second Annual HMRRC Winter Marathon Relay Albany, New York

February 24, 2008

The Relay Marathon was a blast!

I had such a great day with Ed & Kelly. They are great people...

Kelly went out first. Remember she did not feel so good the week prior and was a touch nervous. She was amazing!! She ran her 9.2 in 1:06.

Then it was my turn..boy was I ever nervous. 5.68 miles ahead of me. I went out not being able to catch my breath for the first mile. Then I got into my zone and collected myself and went with it. I had a great run! The best run I ever had. I always say "I hate running while I'm running but.. I love it when I'm done" But this time I loved the whole run. Then, the biggest run. Ed had his 11.3. I came in and tagged him and he went out. He looked good! He had to do two of the inner loops. He came back from the first one in under an hour. When he went out for the second loop Kelly and I hung out, ate some soup, bananas & cookies then went back out to wait for our team mate. Kelly and I had fun making fun of other runners while waiting for Ed.( Kidding) just the American flag man..INSIDE JOKE. We were estimating how much longer we thought Ed would be and we looked up and to our amazement there he was way faster then we expected. He looked awesome. If only.. one of us were two seconds faster...we could have qualified for The Boston Marathon.

WE MADE AN SPECTACULAR TEAM !!!

The Night Before My Relay With Kelly & Ed

The night before my Relay Marathon with Kelly & Ed and I am very nervous! I think it is the word MARATHON that is getting to me. I am only running the 5.7 mile part of this thing so I can imagine what Kelly and Ed are thinking. Actually Kelly has a touch of the flu and called me to tell me she is going to still run the 9.2. Ed is running the 11.3

I ran alot this week to prepare.

Monday I ran 6.2 miles

Tuesday I ran 4 miles

Wednesday I did a spinning class

Thursday I ran another 4.5

Friday I did the elliptical for 45 minutes

Saturday I walked a mile and ran a mile..(I did not want to tire myself out the day before) plus, my manager/personal trainer would have been upset with me. I also did major weights this week...Someday, pictures of my pipes will appear on this blog..LOL

Now that I wrote what I did it doesn't seem like I ran enough. Oh, am I nervous... Wish us luck...

HMRRC Winter Series Race #5

February 10, 2008 10:00 AM SUNY/Albany New York 33 degrees, Wind South 12, snow flurries, slippery roads
7K Race

The last of the Winter Series! 4.37 miles. The forcast was calling for a windy cold day. It turned out to be a beautiful morning. It started with snow flurries which made it alittle slushey. I ran with Elaine, Ed & Monique. Monique finished second in her age catagory. Ed ran a faster pace then he expected and Elaine and I tried to out do each other. Again, I love my running buddies! We Rock!! My running time was 40:42. It was a good run....

***Time to get ready for my Relay Marathon on February 24th with Kelly & Ed.

I'm getting nervous about running 5.7 miles......

2008 Polar Cap Trophy

I received my trophy from the Polar Cap. My third place trophy.

There were seven women in my age category of 45-49 female.I should say there were 70 women in my age category but that would be lying.

I'm still excited about earning a trophy!!!

Polar Cap Run, 4 Mile, Lake George NY

This was my first 4 mile run. My time was 38:27. In my age category, 45-49 year old female. I won a third place trophy. We raced around the lake near the Million Dollar Beach. It was the first time I saw the lake in the winter. It was beautiful! I had a fabulous day..I really hate racing while I'm racing but I love the feeling when I am done. There is no better feeling when you have completed a race. What a high!

Picture of trophy will follow..