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Yesterday I ran (swam) the California International Marathon, a race from Folsom to Sacramento. It was my tenth completed marathon since I ran my first marathon in July of 2009.
I had gone to great lengths to prepare for this marathon. Since the middle of summer, I upped my training to run more weekly miles, and run longer long runs. I have been working with a cross-fit trainer to develop my lower body and core strength, all in order to run better, faster, achieve a new PR at this marathon. So it was just a little disconcerting to find out that the weather report for this marathon was quite bleak: Heavy rains and strong winds.
To prepare for this marathon, I went back and read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
brokenheather's race report for the 2011 Los Angeles Marathon, one in which she had to run through a torrential downpour. brokenheather also gave me some good rain-running advice. (Yes, Body Glide does wash off!) Then I remembered how rain had been predicted for the Oakland Marathon last March, and all we got was a light sprinkling at the start. Maybe the dire weather predictions were overstated or possibly wrong.
Nope.
( Come along and weather the storm with me... )
I had gone to great lengths to prepare for this marathon. Since the middle of summer, I upped my training to run more weekly miles, and run longer long runs. I have been working with a cross-fit trainer to develop my lower body and core strength, all in order to run better, faster, achieve a new PR at this marathon. So it was just a little disconcerting to find out that the weather report for this marathon was quite bleak: Heavy rains and strong winds.
To prepare for this marathon, I went back and read
brokenheather's race report for the 2011 Los Angeles Marathon, one in which she had to run through a torrential downpour. brokenheather also gave me some good rain-running advice. (Yes, Body Glide does wash off!) Then I remembered how rain had been predicted for the Oakland Marathon last March, and all we got was a light sprinkling at the start. Maybe the dire weather predictions were overstated or possibly wrong.Nope.
( Come along and weather the storm with me... )