Like their namesake, Clydesdales are known neither for their speed nor their stamina. Accelerating a 200 lb. mass is much more difficult than a 130 lb. body, and the constant lifting and dropping of so much weight is notoriously bad for joints. This puts most Clydesdales, including yours truly, in the mid-range category, neither sprinters nor long-distance runners. You find us most often doing 10k (6.2 mile) runs or half marathons (13.1 miles), I'm rather addicted to the latter.
Nonetheless, I've gone off and signed up for a full marathon. Seattle, in June. It's just so painful looking at the map of a full marathon and then signing up for just half of it, this time I failed. There is still a great chance that I'll wimp out and just run the half, but for now, I'm scheduled to run the full.
A bit of positive news, I ran the Austin half yesterday and, for the second year in a row, got a new PR (personal record) there. This year I finished in 1:46:08, cutting a full 2 minutes off of last year's time. That I keep getting PRs there doesn't make much sense since Austin is all hills and that usually makes a race quite a bit slower. I do love hills, that could be part of it, or maybe I'm just stronger than usual this time of year.
I have 3 more halfs scheduled for this season as well as the full marathon in June, so time should tell.
Remaining schedule:
- College Station Half- March 1
- Big D (Dallas) Half - April 5
- Nashville Half - April 25
- Seattle Marathon - June 27
3 comments:
Way to go, Dude!!! Whatever you decide for Seattle, go kick it's ass!!!
:D
You actually signed up 6 months early? Wow, that is a record in itself!
My nose is bleeding thinking of the altitude issues... Please don't die.
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