It’s been a long time.  I shouldn’t have left without a dope blog to read to!  Sorry. I couldn’t resist!

I haven’t done much long running since the marathon in April.  My focus was on recovering physically and mentally from all the grueling miles of the marathon and training.  I also decided to work on sprint speed and strength.  It sounded great as a change of pace to long slow training runs.

The sprinting went well until it didn’t.  The goal is always to stay healthy while pushing limits.  Whelp…. I pushed a little too hard and suffered a  Grade 1 hamstring and MCL strain racing in a 200 meter dash.  That had put me on my butt for almost 5 weeks until today.  Lesson learned…. Ease into new strenuous activity.

Now,  I’m back into marathon mode.  Training began today and I’m so thankful! I can feel all those wonderful endorphins!  The runner’s high has been missed.  I’m excited because I’ll be able to take all the lessons and experience from my previous marathon journey into this new training cycle.

I’ll be updating my race calendar soon.  So continue to check it out.

My goal for this next marathon is a 3:35. Yep.  Three hours and thirty-five minutes.  I want to inch closer to that Boston qualifier time.  They say your dreams should scare you.  Just know that I’ll need everyone’s encouragement and positive energy as I go forward!