It’s been more than two days since the marathon and I feel better than great. It’s so much easier than it was last time – I remember the agony of walking to the printer, and I w’s so sore I…
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What’s next?
by Pattie Reaves • May 21, 2012 • 2 Comments
I woke up this morning feeling worlds better than I did after the last marathon. It’s a gorgeous day and I actually feel capable of walking to work this morning. My hips took the brunt of the downhill yesterday and…
What it feels like to be a “marathoner”
by Pattie Reaves • May 20, 2012 • 5 Comments
#1. Move over under-trained century bike ride. Move over LADU with no training at all. That marathon was, without a doubt, the hardest (athletic, at least) thing I’ve ever done. #2. I did everything right. It would have been hard…
T-minus one hour
by Pattie Reaves • May 20, 2012 • 0 Comments
I slept like a baby last night from 9 pm to 5 am. I had my 2 pop tarts and a banana – breakfast of champions. No worries. Just peace, and anticipation. I am so ready. Let’s go! Location:Old Dead…
The night before my second marathon, 8 months later
by Pattie Reaves • May 19, 2012 • 3 Comments
So I’m writing this from lovely Eustis, Maine, the night before the race but I don’t know if it will go up before it happens — the cell reception up here is spotty at best. So. I’m ready for tomorrow.…
Lets get this party started ri- ri- right.
by Pattie Reaves • May 18, 2012 • 0 Comments
Here’s my (8.1 hour) Sugarloaf Marathon playlist: Bamboo Banger, M.I.A. (the only single track). Sheryl Crow’s self-titled album Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee Part II Gwen Stefani, Love.Angel.Music.Baby Rihanna, Talk that Talk G. Love and Special Sauce, Philadelphonic Florence and…
I was supposed to run 20 miles this weekend.
by Pattie Reaves • April 15, 2012 • 4 Comments
I was supposed to run 20 miles this weekend. I didn’t. This was a terrible run. I decided against doing this run at the Sugarloaf Marathon course before we even left; the risks were too great. And even though I…
So I’m considering running my longest training run, alone, on the race course.
by Pattie Reaves • April 11, 2012 • 5 Comments
This weekend is the big weekend. Well, OK, this time its one of two big weekends. It’s the 20-miler. In marathon training, or at least, in the plans I’ve looked at for beginners, the longest run you do is 20…
Running is a tool, and it’s a tool I love using.
by Pattie Reaves • February 18, 2012 • 0 Comments
1. The other day, I broke down and went to Subway. I ordered my usual. The guy at the counter, Kalvin, mentions he hadn’t seen me in awhile. I said I’ve been brining lunch. Then I said I realized how…
Marathon #2 training starts today
by Pattie Reaves • January 16, 2012 • 2 Comments
And here it is. Marathon #2 training starts today. Starts, you see, with rest. I’m doing Novice 2 again, the same training plan I did for the Maine Marathon last October. I’m still debating stepping up to Intermediate 1. But…