The other side of running in Portland was how much fun it was to run with so many awesome friends (even though we weren’t all running “together”). It was particularly cool seeing everyone who ran meet their individual goals: M getting back on the distance running horse not even a year after surgery, Andy’s first marathon clocked in at under 1.5 hours, Aaron beat his first half-marathon time by a significant margin… everyone just did awesome. As per usual, the pics are posted here. There are some pretty wretched ones of me at the finishline that pretty much tell the story of how I felt at the end!
Tag: running man
goals, priorities and planning
Two weeks ago I rocked my first half marathon. At the outset, the endeavor of running 13.1 miles was daunting. Like any good management project, goals and priorities had to be set and a plan established in line with those goals. To define success, each goal was assigned a priority:
half marathon man
Half marathon training is half over at this point. The Race for the Roses isn’t that far away and I’m getting excited to run my first 13.1. This week has had me thinking of all that I’ve learned about running in the past few months…