| | Boston '12And by '12, in case it isn't clear, I mean 2012. You've heard of Egypt March '09, or at least you should have. I've heard it for the past year or two. Well now that we have just about reached that destination, it's time to set our sights a little further: Boston April '12.
"Why Boston?" you ask? Because April 16th is the date of the Boston Marathon, the most prestigious Marathon in the country. It's so competitive that you must achieve a certain qualifying time to even be able to run it. "Why 2012?" you ask? Because that's how long it's going to take me to train for the qualifying time that I need. A male under 35 must run it in 3 hours 10 minutes. That's a 7 min 15 sec pace for 26 miles. Of course I could wait for 6 years till I'm 35 but that would only buy me 5 minutes! I'm thinking I better go for it while I'm still young.
"So How close are you?" you ask? Well, when I ran a marathon a year ago, I did it in at about a 10-minute pace. So, my goal for this year, 9-min pace. Goal for 2010, 8-min pace. Goal for 2011, 7-min pace, to qualify for 2012. Piece of cake!
So, book your plane tickets now (or in like 2.5 years when they start selling plane tickets for that date) and mark your calendars now (or in 3 years when you buy a 2012 calendar)! Only 1134 days left! I better start running!
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| | Posted 3/9/2009 11:39 PM - 32 Views - 6 eProps - 5 comments
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