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Because Marathon: My Second 26.2 will be in September

  • Kerrie

Because MarathonUp till 10:45 at night working on a training plan…

Justifying the Costco Nutella 2-Pack…

Daydreaming about running…

Researching hydration packs…

…because marathon.

Making the official blog announcement here today that I am running the 2015 Beat the Blerch full marathon on Sept. 12—a couple of weeks before my 38th birthday.

I am using Matt Fitzgerald’s 80/20 plan, which I will start May 11. Until then, I will be adding some extra super slow runs to my week. I will continue lifting using the Get Stronger Faster plan by David Dellanave from Jen Sinkler (Lift Weights Faster) 3x/week because I love it. I’m 3+ weeks into the plan already. (I had no idea I could squat triple digits in the rack!)

I chose Matt Fitzgerald’s marathon training plan because it focuses on increasing mileage through slow running with some speed lightly sprinkled in. From past experience, I know that I start to get hurt when I run too fast, too often. The idea is 80 percent slow running, 20 percent moderate- to high-intensity running. I am down with that!

My easy pace will be between about 11:30-12:15ish per mile and long run pace will be about 10:30-11:30. I’ll take it! Those are paces at which I feel I can run for a long time even now.

Thinking back to the Hot Chocolate 15K in February, all I was doing was lifting 3x/week and running slow for about an hour 1-2x/week plus a long run on the weekend, and I felt really strong in that race. Kim and I finished with a 1:32:51, and besides some sore feet I felt like I could’ve kept going.

You can watch the video of me and Kim crossing the finish line and holding hands here. Thanks for providing that Hot Chocolate race organizers!

Because Marathon
Me and Kim crossing the finish at the Hot Chocolate 15K in Seattle.

I looked at the Run Less, Run Faster full marathon training plan last week and cringed. It had injury written all over it. For me, that plan is fine for a 5K, but not a 26.2-mile race. It might be great for others. Everyone’s different. The key is knowing yourself as a runner.

Beat the Blerch will be my second marathon, and I plan to see this one through. In 2013, I signed up to run the Seattle Marathon (which is in December—brrrr), but overestimated my enthusiasm and underestimated how much time I would actually have to train. I never really even got started training for that one.

I don’t feel motivated to run a marathon in downtown Seattle again (my first was the Rock ‘N’ Roll Seattle Marathon in 2011—on the old point-to-point course). I’ve run tons of half marathons there.

Because Marathon
Zoe and me (in pink shirt) running our first marathon, Rock N Roll Seattle 2011.

Beat the Blerch should be an excellent second marathon for me. I do most of my running on the trail by my house—a groomed, fairly flat dirt and gravel trail. The Beat the Blerch course is very similar. I’ve even run a portion of it before during the Mt. Si Relay.

I have a really good feeling about this marathon, and I am excited to get started training.

Hide your Nutella! This girl’s about to get her long runs on.

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