pollygolightly

Key West Weekend had been a year in the making. Four of us, meeting in Miami and then driving down to Key Marathon - I was not well versed in the Keys when I agreed to this trip, so I didn't know what we were planning. Luckily we had some help, and we got to Marathon Key without difficulty. We headed to Key West the next morning to explore and pick up our packets. The weather was not quite as warm as we had hoped, but we made the best of it.   Exploring Key West was all kinds of fun, it warmed up in the afternoon, so we got to enjoy a little bit of summer-like weather. We took a tour of the island and had Key Lime slushies while we were enjoying ourselves. Halfway through Friday we finally found Seyi - she had her own little adventure getting to the Keys a day before the rest of us, but we all got our packets and prepared for the next mornings very early start. Since Marathon Key is about an hour from Key West, we left super-early in the morning, it wa...

It's already June and i'm preparing to leave for my final half marathon of this season. After rolling my ankle in late January it's been a tough season. Starting this marathon training season with a sore ankle is not what I had planned.  you always think this is going to be a great year, when you start off a new season, and I had big plans, but this ankle isn't healing like I want it to so we are modifying to plan B. This year covers 5 half marathons, 2 fulls and a 50 miler. I had additional goals of swim/bike/run up to the Olympic dista nce. Throw in some 5k's and some fun runs and it's a great season. I decided though, that I haven't been planning well - I get a race in my head and I sign up for it before looking at the entire year or goals are in place. Next year I want to be much more deliberate in my choices for races and year goals.  This week marathon training starts. The beginning is always the toughest for me, the base is where i need to put ...