Monday, October 4, 2010

Marathon Madness Monday: Week 18

The big week is here! I can hardly believe it. The past 17 weeks of training have really flown by - I have enjoyed sharing my journey to 26.2 with you, and hopefully you've enjoyed following along! Thank you for all of the kind comments and encouragement that you've given me along the way.

It's goal time now! I am taking a tiered approach to goal setting for this race. Here are my I know, I think, and I might goal.

A Goal: Finish the race and don't die.

Ha. So this is my "I know" I can do this goal... Granted, you never know what can happen on race day, but I am confident I will finish this race in one piece.

Last year I saw the sign below in a blog post about the funny signs you see at a marathon. I will be thinking of this sign when I am running next Sunday!


B Goal: PR

My chip time in 2006 was 4:50:08. "I think" I can pull this off - especially if the race goes as well as my 20 miler did 3 weeks ago. I ran my 20 miles in 3:14, so I should be able to PR pretty easily

C Goal: Run the marathon in 4:30 or less

If the first 20 miles go like they did 3 weeks ago, and I feel as good as I did after those 20 miles, then this goal is attainable - I might even be able to finish in 4:20. We'll see, though.

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I am trying to not set myself up to be disappointed if I only hit my A goal. You just never know how your body will do on race day. I have trained hard and I have trained smart - I KNOW I am ready for this race!

For those who would like to follow along at home, there should be an option to track me electronically on the Portland Marathon website. They haven't posted this feature yet, but it should be up on Saturday I would think. You will be able to enter my Bib number (542) or my name, and you can see my progress as I pass over the wired mats throughout the race. The race starts at 7 am PST. If all goes as planned, I should finish no later than noon...

I'll be posting Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and then the lights will be off for the remainder of the week. I will try to do a quick post on Sunday or Monday to let you know how it went and will do a full race recap next week!

Wish me luck readers - and once again, thank you so much for all the encouragement you've given along this journey!

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Training Tally:
Miles ran last week: 20
Training-to-date mileage: 482

27 comments:

J said...

GOOD LUCK LISA!! I hope you have a great time and run an awesome race!! Ill be thinking about you Sunday and hoping that you are running well!

Amber @ A Little Pink in the Cornfields said...

GOOD LUCK! You will do amazing and I can't wait to hear all about it!!!! Have a fantastic time!!!!

abbi said...

Lisa - Good Luck! You will do amazing at the race! You put in the time and effort and are completely prepared. Don't want to jinx it, but I think you'll rock those goals!

Emily Jane said...

Good luck!! I love the sign lol :) You can do it!!

Becky said...

I will tell you what I told Amber on Twitter this weekend. You're going to OWN this marathon!

Nora said...

I'm sure that you can do it without dying too =) I can't believe that it's already race week; seems like just the other day you were telling me about the race that you and Amber were planning to run. Craziness!

So excited for you and know that you will both totally rock it =)

Gracie said...

Wow, it's here! You will do amazing! Here's my little tip that I "discovered" this Saturday: EAT. I was very well-fueled for this race: late night snack, two breakfasts, and lots of fuel mid-race. I did not have a spectacular, fast race, but I felt 100% the whole time. No wall. What has been working for me is calories and electrolytes at 45 minutes, then repeat every 30-45 minutes all the way until the finish. I find that as people near the 20 mile mark they lay off the calories, but I think it's most important then. So my advice to you is eat plenty the night before/morning of the race (giving yourself time to digest) and throughout the race regardless of how you feel. YOU WILL BE AMAZING!!!
Enjoy this "rest" week!

Leigh said...

I wish you so much luck!! But you won't need it, you and Amber are going to kill this marathon!! :)

The Many Thoughts of a Reader said...

;) You will do amazing.

Cherry Blossoms said...

Best of luck! Yow will do awesome! Wish I could be at the finish line with a glitter sign!

Abby said...

YOu are going to do incredible, Lisa! I'm so excited for you. Feels like you just started training!!!

I would totally be tracking you Sunday morning -- but can't for I will be working that morning :(

But I will be praying for you allll morning long!!

Have a good rejuvenating week to get your energy charged up!

Amber said...

I have a feeling you're going to hit your C goal... BUT won't get our hopes up so let's not even talk about it.

*knock on wood*

SEE YOU IN 2 SLEEPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ashley Gerner said...

Good luck Lisa!! Although I know you don't need it, you've trained hard and prepared well for this race and will do great, I just know it!!
I can't wait to hear how it goes, enjoy your trip!!

Marlys said...

I will definitely log in and follow you! It is so exciting and I just know you are going to do well! My love and prayers go along with you!

Kyla Roma said...

Good luck, good luck, good luck!! I can't wait to follow your progress online! :D

Lauren @ Sassy Molassy said...

This post got me super excited! Can't wait to see you. I totally have doable, probable and possible goals for myself as well.

A) Finish the marathon
B) PR
C) Boston, baby!

But without getting too excited or too disappointed with however my body acts on race day, I want to feel that I have truly enjoyed the race and did my best. Whew, can't believe it's almost here.

Anonymous said...

i'm sending you good juju!!
finish strong!!!

Stephany said...

Love the goals! I have so much faith in you and I just know you're going to amaze yourself! I'll definitely be tracking you because I'm stalkerish like that. ;)

GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK!

Charbelle said...

Girl you are going to ROCK it!!! I know what you mean about not knowing how your body will feel on race day. One thing I realized today on my drive home I should have stopped one time sooner then I did to get out and stretch. So on your flight home try to stand up if at all possible and stretch.

Unknown said...

We'll be following! Good luck! And safe travels!!!

Kelly (She Wears a Red Sox Cap) said...

Yayy I'm so excited for you and Amber to kick this marathon's butt. You are definitely going to PR and probably reach your goal time, maybe even surpass it! Can't wait to follow you!

Zaneta @ Runner's Luck said...

GOOD LUCK!! :) you will do amazing!! :)

Jolene - EverydayFoodie said...

I really like your tiered goal approach :-)

Anonymous said...

good luck! looking forward to reading the race recap!
u will do awesome! uve put in the work and now its time to shine!!!

Nilsa @ SoMi Speaks said...

This is really exciting, Lisa. And I think you have set up 3 very reasonable goals ... all of which are attainable! I'll be thinking of you this weekend as I head out to cheer all the runners at the Chicago Marathon!

Erin said...

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to see your posts after the marathon!!! Have a blast and enjoy meeting Amber :) Run your little heart out!

Nicole said...

You CAN do it! Good luck, and have fun!!