Marathon Man

Jonas asked me one day, half seriously, how I felt about running the Copenhagen marathon with him in May. Always game for an absurd challenge (and a little curious about marathons since my high school girlfriend finished Chicago's way back in 2004), I agreed, and we've been making slap-dash progress at it since. A good friend I made studying abroad in Chile, 2008, has also signed on for a marathon out in California, so this blog will now be taking on the added function of progress report for Laura. I'll try to install a little box on the margin with training updates.

At the moment, Jonas and I run 3k south down the main road through Solrød and back, a few nights a week. Once in a while we add a few hundred meters' sprint at the very end. I can feel myself making progress, but I can also feel that I'm resting on the laurels of that progress and getting a little lazy. I promise myself that once things warm up, I'll be out there more nights every week.

Otherwise, I'm not doing much. The only other exercise I get is riding the bike to and from the train station, a little over 3k each way, or into town to pick up the kids from daycare or school. The bike has been stuck in its highest gear for a month or so now, which must add a little cardiovascular oomph to the ride, and with the boys in the bike trailer behind, I must be earning some points.

Diet-wise, also nothing particular. My weight doesn't seem to be changing much. Of course, the current routine is the very tip of the iceberg compared to what I should be up to in, say, 4 more weeks.

I started on 11/24 with a kilometer and a half (a mile), and in 5 more runs had made it up to 5 km in about 29 minutes. Run 9 was 6 km in 41:23, but Jonas's and my fastest time for that is now down to 30:12. Last night was run 13, and I feel ready for the 10k Jonas and I intend to try on Sunday.