Posts Tagged ‘Running’

Running Dash for Donation to Get You to Donate Life

When you go to renew your driver’s license, do you say “yes” to becoming an organ donor? It’s a hard truth to face.  Saying “yes” to that question means considering the idea that someday, something tragic might happen that could end your time in this world.  No one likes thinking about that. But, in the end, you and I know that life is precious and fragile.  The one thing that we all have in common is that no one, not you or I or anyone else, can take anything from this world with us when we leave it. A Good Excuse to Run If you’ve been reading for a while, you know I like to run.  From working on projects like TweetMyTime to completing my first full marathon last year, running has become both a mental and physical release for me. So when Rachel Lewis and Heather Blausey met with me over coffee and asked me to get involved with LifeLine of Ohio’s Dash for Donation, I jumped at the chance.  What better way to train, than to train for a race with a great cause attached? Dash for Donation needs your eyeballs.  The race takes place in Columbus on July 10th, 2010, with a start time of 7 a.m. It features a 1/2 marathon run, a 5K run/walk, a 1K fun walk and a kids and mascots dash (that’s a short run for children 6 & under, which should be a pretty cute photo opportunity for parents). I’m doing the half, and I’d LOVE for you to run with me (in any capacity).  If you are up for it, you can register HERE. Need Some Motivation?  Look at These Numbers In the interest of full disclosure, I lifted these stats from the Lifeline of Ohio blog. (On a side [...]

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Results from my First 26.2 in the Columbus Marathon & TweetMyTime BETA

I ran my first 26.2 miles at the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon Sunday.  It for sure won’t be my last.  As hard as I trained, I still missed my goal of a sub 3:10 time, which would have qualified me for the Boston Marathon. See the happy look on my face?  Kristen McEnery snapped this shot at about mile 23 in Grandview.  I was hurting by that point. A recurring theme from the speakers at TedxColumbus last night was that it’s OK to fail.  I agree with that.  We learn more from our mistakes than we do from our successes.  Here’s what I learned from failing to hit the mark on my  run time in my first full marathon: Start tapering a week later.  For this race, I started cutting down the miles about three weeks out.  I peaked on my performance ability about a week too early. Don’t freak out and buy new shoes just before the race.  This is an all-around bad idea and a rookie mistake.  My legs were not used to the shoes. Pre-race nutrition is MUCH more important than I thought.  Hamburgers and Jacob’s birthday cake is not really a sufficient source of fuel. Duh. Starting with faster runners messes with your head.  Shortly after the 10K mark in the marathon, all kinds of people were whizzing by me.  I felt even slower. Reverse splits?  Frankly, the first time I even heard that term was after crossing the finish line.  Apparently it’s a good idea to NOT bolt out the starting gate like a bat out of hell.  Who knew? I made tons of rookie mistakes, and now know better for the next race.  Thanks to everyone who congratulated me in person, on Facebook, and even on Twitter.  I really appreciate all of your [...]

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