Getting things started

As you know (or do now) Jean and I are raising money for Children's Hospital again this year. If you want to donate, you can do so at: CussonFamilyFundraisingSite.

This will be our fifth year working with the Children's team - we are trying to think of new ways to keep it interesting for ourselves and our supporters. One idea was to start this blog so that people could check in on my training. We have some other new ideas we hope to try, so check back soon.

So, how's the training going? Glad you asked ;-)

My unofficial training started the day after X-Mas with a 15 miler. I am lucky enough to have people to run with on the weekend AND at work. Thanks to all my running partners - you know who you are!

On the weekends since X-Mas I have a run: 12 (in a snowstorm, 16, and 15.5). This past weekend, 1/24, I ran the Boston Prep 16 miler. This is a very hilly 16 mile race in Derry. I had no intention of actually 'racing' - just trying to get in a good training run. I was able to keep the pace under control and actually managed to run negative splits:
5 mile split: 38:07 7:38 (142)
10 mile split: 1:14:26 7:27 (110)
13.1 mile split: 1:37:35 7:27 (95)
finish 1:57:39 7:22 (96) (213-77)

You can see that my pace was actually increasing (or is it decreasing) the whole way. Finished feeling strong and passing people which is always good!

I plan to bump down to 14 miles this weekend - need a slight break and it's going to be cold as h*#%ll !!

Thanks in advance for your support! Check back soon!