Time to Rock ‘n Roll

Jason and I signed up for the inaugural Seattle Rock ‘n Roll Marathon that’s happening this Saturday. We wanted to do the full but when we ran it by Teresa she gave us an “Are you serious” look and convinced us that tackling a marathon two weeks after doing a 70.3 isn’t the smartest idea we’ve had this year. We begrudgingly settled for the half, but after shredding my feet in Boise I’m thinking I made the right decision.
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2009 Vancouver Half Marathon: Now with Less Fainting!

Recently I wrote about how Jason ate pavement at the Vancouver half marathon last year and signed up for the 2009 race for redemption (aka Operation De-Bruise the Ego). His goal was to run the half in 1:40 to 1:45 and spare himself a trip to the medical tent this year, whereas my goal was to do between 1:50 and 1:55. How’d we do?
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  • Rebecca: It’s all thanks to you, T! Every PR I’ve had and every warm fuzzy feeling and sense of...
  • teresa: Dedication and consitent training pays off and you are a prime example!!! So proud of you and hope all...
  • Rebecca: Water water everywhere…
  • Sara Keogh: Yeah, I kept wishing they had miscalculated the sprayers and that they would reach to the road. It was...
  • Rebecca: You could have dove under one of the 18,000 fruit trees along the course. At one point I considered running...