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Chicago Marathon recap

Ran the Chicago Marathon this past Sunday. Finished in 4 hours, 58 minutes and 54 seconds. It was a good race and I was running with a friend who was raising money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation so it was a lot of fun just running together and encouraging one another during the race.

Overall, I felt pretty good during the race. Mile 14-15 was probably one of the most painful miles I’ve ever done but after that, I felt the pace we kept up was comfortable. Thankfully my IT band didn’t hurt at all during the race and cardio-wise I was fine. I think my only struggle was that I wasn’t used to the extreme foot/quad fatigue you would experience after mile 20 so it took a little to get used to but overall, the last 6 miles weren’t too bad besides the heat which was pretty brutal (80+ degrees fahrenheit!). It was a great experience and I’m really glad I got to participate in the event!

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10/10/10

I would have to say the biggest reason I decided to train for and run the Chicago marathon was because it was on 10/10/10. I was on my way to the Chicago airport for my study abroad trip to China this past March when I got a text or call from someone about the Chicago marathon and they noted that it was on 10/10/10… when I heard that, I was sold. I mean, I ran cross-country and track in junior high and high school, so the idea of training more miles a week for a longer event didn’t seem to bad. Also, 10/10/10 is just fun to say, when people ask, it’s always nice to say “it’s on 10/10/10.”

I haven’t run a marathon before so I’m not sure what to expect but I am confident that if my IT band doesn’t hurt during the race (hopefully it’s fully healed by now), I’ll be fine and I might be able to do somewhat decent near the end. I’ll start pretty slow and see how I do as the race progresses.

I got my marathon gear all ready and I head for Chicago tomorrow morning. It’s going to be quite the weekend because the day after the marathon, I’ll have an all-day interview and then I have a final the following day. Thursday afternoon at 4:15 PM will be a good day when I’m done with my last final for module 1!

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Goals this summer

As my first post of my new blog, I’ll mention my few goals this summer:

1. Finish a few SEO books that I’ve been meaning to read
2. Learn more about investing and to invest wisely
3. Continue to train for the Chicago Marathon and to start averaging a < 7:00 minute mile training pace (currently around 7:35)
4. Get more involved in the SEO and investing blogging communities
5. Perfect my forearm throw in Ultimate Frisbee