Getting closer to breaking 20 in the 5K!

My husband and I have made a tradition of running the Twin Tiers Komen 5K each year. This year we ran in celebration of my Aunt, who was diagnosed with Breast Cancer 6 months ago.  It was a nice day for a 5K, although the humidity was a bit much AND I won't even go into all of the complaints of the roads conditions.  I finished 3rd for overall female, 1st for my age group(30-39), with a time of 20:25 (unofficial, this I'm going off my Garmin). Steve came in shortly behind me at 23:15. I absolutely LOVE when he runs races with me, hopefully this will become more frequent!  

Still shy of breaking 20 minutes. My PR still holds from the Heart of Hearts 5K in February, with a time of 20:10. But, with a hairline stress fracture in my 4th metatarsal in the left foot, I'm very pleased with the results of today's race.  Time to heal up and work on speed, before heading back to Marathon training this summer....EEEeeeeeeK!

And one more thing!

After looking for several months, I've found an accredited CFT program that will fulfill both my Master requirements for General Education at Elmira College and Personal Training Certification! Killing two birds with one stone! It's through ISSA online. As soon as my packet gets here, I'm back to school! I've wanted to do this for some time so I'm super excited that I will be beginning soon!

Looks like my next adventure is the NYC ING...

Here we go again....I qualified for the NYC ING in the Corning Red Baron 1/2 Marathon. Never did I have any intention of doing it, but having the option was a nice idea. Last month, I finished the Boston Marathon and had no plans of running any other races this year.  Maybe it was the post-marathon blues or the fact that my friends, whom I adore, were all moving onto other marathons. Either way, I looked at it as a mid life crisis-as I have been very emotional lately ha ha!  But, I did check the NYC website and was confused about the registration dates for guaranteed entrants. So, I e-mailed the race director and immediately got an automated response stating "they would get back to me as soon as they could". I didn't expect to hear from them...


In recovery mode, I peeked into other marathons for this upcoming fall. Chicago, Philadelphia and NYC (only because I was intrigued by its hype). My friend Amy Balash, had confirmed that Chicago was closed. In the meantime, my husband and I were discussing our plans for the fall.  Are we going to attempt baby #3 or am I going to sign up for another marathon. Neither of which he was too thrilled about.  After all, without his help watching our two girls(which cuts into his "man time"), I'm not sure how I would be able to train for my long runs. Later yesterday afternoon, I just happened to be checking my e-mail and noticed an e-mail from the NYC ING Marathon association.  Assuming that it was just to answer my questions I had previously sent them. Much to my dismay, it was an e-mail stating they were awaiting my registration for the 2011 Marathon. My heart sank into my ass, literally. Is this really happening? Do I really want to run another marathon?  I'm not really fond of the mileage so I thought I'd ask my husband to help make my decision.  His response to #3 was "NO MORE BABIES"......so, I run!


After registering, I asked if he would go with me. His answer "NO".  My mother can not go either, for it is my Dad's birthday the day before. So, here I am, registered for the NYC Marathon on November 6th, the day after my Father's birthday and no one to go with ha ha!  Luckily, I have a couple good friends that will be running it also.  They've both offered me a ride & possible place to stay =)  I'm not giving up on reproducing, regardless of what the man of the house has to say about it. Whatever happens between now and August(when I will begin training), is all in the hands of God! What is meant to be, will be okay with me!  


P.S. I spoke with a psychic in January and she said that I would sign up for the NYC Marathon, but I wouldn't be running it because I would be pregnant with a baby BOY!  Let's see if she is accurate or not!


                                  Marathon registration status: Accepted
                                               Entry number: 793500

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