I'm not even at Marathon No. 2 yet and I'm already looking ahead to Nos. 3 and 4, and maybe 5.
Marathon No. 2 is the San Francisco Marathon, of course, which will go down on July 25.
I have not decided on Marathon No. 3 yet but I had considered the Las Vegas Marathon, on Dec. 5. I just kind of figured that once San Francsico came and went that I would want to run another marathon, and that one was good since it was at the end of the year and would give me plenty of time to prepare for, and since it's a popular marathon for Lopers I might have several others to run my long runs with.
Now, I've got more to consider.
The Lopers season will start on Aug. 1 and the Lopers will train for both the 2011 Surf City Marathon (and Half Marathon) and the 2011 Los Angeles Marathon. Surf City next year will be on Feb. 6 and I'm not sure if LA has set their date yet. This year, the two marathons were six weeks apart Feb. 7-March 21.
I'm wondering now about what I should do.
- Run Las Vegas, Surf City Half and LA Marathon
- Skip Las Vegas, run Surf City full and LA Marathon
- Run Las Vegas, Surf City full and LA Marathon
I've got this to chew on now.
What's most appealing about running both Surf City and LA is that it will be part of the training plan, so most Lopers will train for both. That means I experience everything with everyone. While I'd still probably have to run on my own (I have two half-marathons tentatively scheduled for the fall, plus Ragnar) I wouldn't have to run any 18- or 20-milers alone. Those would be on the Loper schedule, and I had some awesome 20- and 22-milers running with my Lopers.
Still, I don't want to pass by the chance to run Vegas. That just seems like a great way to cap the year, to run my third marathon and possibly my 12th race of the year in the process. And there are two full months between Las Vegas and Surf City, plenty of time to recover and prepare for another marathon.
I'm not going to make or force myself to make a decision soon. I want to mull this over and chew it up, but I also wanted to start that process now.
6 comments:
All of the marathons. Because you are hard core.
It's good to put your thinking cap on now, you have to plan if you want to run marathons!
I say LV and then L.A. - use Surf City Half as a training run. The Pfitz plan I use always wants you to have a race in the middle, so that half might be perfect for you to work on MP :) Just my two cents for what their worth.
You'll know what to do when the time comes. In the meantime, hope to see you in San Francisco :). I'll be there with Katie A!!!
best wishes!
You sound like me. I have all these races I want to run and I am trying to figure out the best way to run them all. Be careful of biting off more than you can chew. It sounds good in the planning stages, but that long of a training cycle might burn you out.
Good luck deciding!!!
Do them all :)
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