PREPARATION PHASE:
June 2010
Our main reason for this event is to be there with our friend, Nicole Ianacone who is fundraising for this event with Team In Training Las Vegas. Our participation with TNT is what inspired her to do the same and we want to celebrate at the finish line together! Added bonus: our friend Remy from Chicago will be running with us! Just like Vegas 2009!
October 2010
This will be when we really kick off the hard core training. Sure, we hope to do a lot of body toning & conditioning between Seattle and Los Angeles, but once we start running for this event, it will be over a year before we stop! We plan on joining with Team In Training again this winter to train with and fundraise for this event. Training with a team is amazing. Not only is it a support / accountability system, but it helps you learn more about running and training by paying attention to what your teammates are going through.
CHALLENGE PHASE:
Event #1 - January 2011
This will be the kick off for 2011. A full 26.2 miles to get us geared up (and hopefully not psyched-out) for the next 6 events. We ran the Phoenix full in 2009. I'll admit, it was an ill-fated day for me but the course is nice and flat and the weather was cool and clear. We hope to take a few days to visit some dear friends in Tucson after this event.
Event #2 - March 2011
With plenty of time to recover, we'll have an easy half in Texas while visiting family. In fact, this is likely to be a full week of vacation afterward. RnR is hosting it's inaugural event in Dallas this year, 2010. So hopefully, by 2011 they will have some of the "kinks" worked out.
Event #3 - June 2011
This was our first marathon in 2008. San Diego is a huge event and it is mad fun. I'm looking forward to going back and maybe even going for a PR! Training for this will be our biggest challenge as we have a large gap of time to be training on our own. Completing this event would give us our second Triple Crown.
Event #4 - August 2011 (or maybe July 31st)
We know there is a full that we could run but, let's be honest. It's Chicago. I'm imagining hot stickiness and not wanting to finish even 13.1 miles! We've been to Chicago several times so we're not planning on sticking around too long. However, we do know that we have a free place to stay so long as our friend Remy doesn't decide to move away. Finishing this event will earn us the Grand Slam Heavy Medal.
Event #5 - September 2011
We've never been here before so this is going to be one of most exciting for us! If our buddy Mike is still in the city, we'll hopefully save some cash by crashing with him. He says he might be living in a community house start up. What a randomly awesome experience that would be! This would earn us Rock Star status.
Event #6 - October 2011
Sound familiar? That's right. We'll have come full circle from the beginning of our training runs and we'll still have 1 more event to go!!! AH! The nice thing is that this event is a hometown deal and we won't have to worry about plane tickets or hotels. At this point we'll have earned a Super Six heavy medal.
Event #7 - December 2011
If we make it this far, I may have an emotional breakdown at the finish line. We know this course and love it (even if it is 33 degrees out during the entire race). It's flat. It's cool. It's got a lot of interesting things to see along the way (i.e. club-goers who have yet to find their way back to their hotel for the "night"). We make this and we can expect to see our ROCK LEGEND heavy medal!
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