Bad Blogger

When I first started training for the marathon, I swore I would consistently update my blog. Turns out I am the worst!! Believe me, it wasn’t by choice—there is just way too much going on during the summer! But to give you a brief synopsis, July was a tough month. It started off well. Conquering between 8 and 10 miles was a piece of cake. To be quite honest, I wasn’t nervous about getting to 26. THEN things started to change. It started with the Naples New York Park to Park race. Thanks to the NYC MTA I was a half hour late for the start of the race and rattled until I was ¼ of the way through. Then, I had the George Washington Bridge run during which the heat and hills humbled me (mind you, our coaches didn’t count the run back and forth over the bridge towards our mileage--that was just our warm-up!). Most recently, I attempted to run 14 miles in familiar Central Park. The results were less than stellar. The positive side to all of this is that I am more focused on training and have developed a healthy respect for running in 80+ degree weather. Hopefully in August I can get my swagger back =)