2 posts tagged “sf marathon”

This morning I ran the first half of the SF Marathon in 2:13:17 (a 10:10 mile pace). A year ago July I could not even run a half mile without stopping. I trained for three months, running six days a week, following a modified version of this program. Before that, I worked out with Keith and Raul at Bootcamp SF for ten months. In that same year I lost 90 pounds thanks to nutritionist Amie.

Here's a shot of me nearing the finish line. This one is just after finishing. And, for comparison, this one is from a year and a half ago, before I lost the weight. Thanks for the photos, Wayne and Heidi.

Huge thanks to everybody who supported me during the last year. It was hard on my social life, and a lot of people didn't support or respect what i was doing, but my real friends did, and I won't ever forget it.

Registered yesterday for the San Francisco Marathon on July 29. Gonna run the first half, which starts at Mission & Embarcadero, continues around the water past Fisherman's Wharf and Crissy Field up to Golden Gate Bridge, and then down through the Richmond into Golden Gate Park.

My longest run to date is around 7 miles, so my goal is to just finish this 13 miles without regard to time - though, to be honest, I'd love to run it in under 2 hours. Will be using this training program which I was turned onto by Amie, my nutritionist and all-around pal, but first, over the next several weeks, I'll be getting into the habit of running 25 miles a week. Quite a step up from my current 10, but my iPod is loaded with Battlestar Galactica and SFMOMA podcasts and Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, and I'm ready to get going.