Wow. Where did April go? Non-existent. Vanishing month. Flew by!
I am pretty sure in my last blog entry I was complaining about the March weather and how it made training a little difficult, but I am afraid I blogged a little too soon. Indiana has decided there will be no spring for the year 2011. April was a historic month for wild weather across the country, but especially in Indiana - an odd mix of downpours, tornadoes, and wildfires. Indiana also set a record for having one of the wettest April’s since 1895. So, let’s just say I should not have been complaining about the weather in March and I am currently lacking crucial Vitamin D. But, the April showers appear to be over and in fact today, Indiana might challenge averages once again because Greencastle is expecting record heat and humidity. Joy. I refuse to turn on my air conditioning (even though I was sweating as I got ready for work this morning) because I want a few days of open windows before summer arrives and the A.C has to be turned on.
Regardless of the weather, April was an awesome month which is probably why it went by so quickly! I went to Texas for a quick recruiting trip, I celebrated my birthday and I got my new bike! I have also been able to keep training pretty consistent even through the torrent weather. Some soggy long runs, but nothing that newspaper in the running shoes and a drying rack in Suite A can’t restore.
Last weekend I ran in the Indianapolis Mini Marathon which was an absolute blast! Honestly, I wasn’t dreading the race, but I also wasn’t super excited for whatever reason for the 13.1 miles. I think with work being so crazy in April and just trying to survive until May 1st I put the race on the back burner. I knew I would be treating the run as a training run, but I completely surprised myself. My time was decent, but more importantly I just had a ton of fun!! It is the biggest ½ marathon in the country, so for the entire race the road was just a horde of people. Curb to curb the street was crammed. When you share the running experience with 40 + thousand people you can’t help but feel the runner high. Gotta love runner endorphins. 13.1 miles put me in a celebrating mood for the whole weekend.
The Mini Marathon was not just a fun race/great training run it also marked the start of my race plan for the summer. Finishing the Mini Marathon means I am one race and one month closer to the big Ironman event. I finished the Mini with a big smile on my face and as I crossed the finish line I thought immediately about the Ironman. Of course I thought about the fact that the Mini was only ½ of the run that I will be doing come September 11th (daunting), but I also thought about how elevated I felt after finishing the run. I am optimistic and hopeful that the endorphins resulting from an Ironman finish will last longer than a weekend.
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