So I was sitting on the couch today, drinking my green smoothie, resting my sore muscles and thinking what should I do next?! I dont have any desire to run another half marathon, and there are only few regular marathons I would like to run, for example New York marathon because Latvian women Jelena Prokopcuka has won it two times and that would be kind of special to run that course, and then of course I would like to run my home country Latvia Rigas marathon and then of course Paris marathon just because I love everything about Paris! BUT no one from these is an option right now for me. Many people set the goal to run 50 or 100 marathons or something like that, that is not an option for me either since it s so crazy expensive.... so I started to look at the best/toughest marathons since I already did 6th hardest, I wanted to see whats left...AND there it was- Pikes Peak marathon in COLORADO! 2nd hardest marathon in the world! And what a coincidence that were moving to Colorado! The Pikes Peak Ascent® and Pikes Peak Marathon® will redefine what you call running. Sure, they start out like a lot of races on Any Street, USA. But your first left turn will have you turning in the direction of up! During the next 10 miles, as you gain almost 6,000 vertical feet, your legs, lungs, heart and mind will be worn to a ragged nothingness. But it won’t be until the next three miles, with still over 2,000 of vertical to go, that you will realize where the Marathon got its moniker—America’s Ultimate Challenge. At that moment I remembered my friend ultra marathon runner Andrea who told me- once you say to yourself- Im gonna do it, there is no limit, you WILL do it! She was the person who convinced me that I CAN do Catalina marathon. So yes, Im gonna do it! This years race is already full and I need altitude training, but yes Im in for 2015. AND if thats not enough- Dane is with me! Im sure at least few of my friends will join me, if you want to find out more about this race here is information pikespeakmarathon.org/index.htm Lets just get it done! LOL P.s. what s on Facebook thats true, right? Ill better stick with my plans then.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 02:56:43 +0000