Sunday, April 20, 2014

Boston Marathon–Last training day!

 

Today was my last day of training for the 2014 Boston Marathon!  I arrived in Boston on Friday.  My brother and sister came to Boston as well, and we are staying at a house in Wellesley owned by friends of the family. Thank you Kerry and Sean! My sister and I went to downtown Boston to do a little site seeing and to pick up my number.  Here are some photos I took.

 

Today was a simple three mile run that I took very slow, just to workout the cobwebs if you will.  Tomorrow is the big race!  I am a bit nervous, but very excited.  I’ll post an update after the race.  It will be a magical race, #bostonstrong.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Boston Strong, Fight against Cancer

 

The reason I started this blog was to share my experiences from the perspective as a spouse fighting against Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC).  In January of 2014, we learned the cancer had returned and metastasized in at least one lymph node. This was devastating news to say the least.  My intention was to share my Boston Marathon training sessions on this blog to memorize the events.  It was difficult to be able to balance work, life, and supporting Christina alone, thus my blogging activity suffered.  Please spend a few minutes to catch up on Christina’s blog as she is a terrific writer http://christinasrealtalk.blogspot.com/. Also, please consider donating money to support travel expenses, surgical procedures, and medical expenses: Capture Courage Fundraiser

Today I’ll update you on my training process.  My last long run was on Sunday at the same time as the Corvallis Half Marathon.  I ran the similar route in which I intersected the race around mile 7, and I ran with the runners for a few miles.  Subconsciously my pace increased when I was in a “race” scenario, and I finished my 12 mile run feeling really good even though it was a little fast.  Just a few more workouts before heading to Boston on Friday!  Below is a summary of all of my Boston Bound workouts thus far:

 

Count: 74 Activities
Distance: 471.82 mi
Time: 66:31:17 h:m:s
Avg Speed: 7.1 mph
Avg HR: 146 bpm
Calories: 69,557 C
Avg Distance: 6.38 mi
Max Distance: 22.00 mi
Avg Time: 53:56 h:m:s
Max Time: 3:03:38 h:m:s
Max Avg Speed: 12.0 mph
Max Speed: 118.2 mph
Max Avg HR: 163 bpm
Max HR: 181 bpm

As the race draws near during my training runs I think of the runners that lost their lives or that were severely injury in the horrendous attack during last year’s race. I draw my strength from these experiences and remembrances, #Bostonstrong I am. Running in the 2014 Boston Marathon will be an enormous personal accomplishment – but moreover, training for the marathon has provided me the time, space, and setting to process just how short life truly is and to live each day as though it were my last.

For those that want to follow me as I run the race sign up here: http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/participant-information/att-athlete-alert.aspx

My BIB number is : 11113

Here are three videos of the Boston Marathon course I created if you want to see what we will see:

 

Boston Marathon Course Preview in 1 minute!
Boston Marathon Course Preview in 10 minutes!
Boston Marathon Course Preview in 20 minutes!

 

 

Today we are hopeful!