The Jolly Joggers
Last December a couple of friends invited me to run the Mickelson Half Marathon with them in June of 2010, and as much as I enjoyed my first half marathon experience, I simply wasn’t prepared to allot that much free time to training. I’ve heard the Mickelson Trailis a beautiful run and didn’t want to miss out entirely, so naturally I signed up for the marathon instead. Heh, the marathon relay that is!
I have several co-workers that enjoy running whom have also been interested in this race, so we formed a 5 person relay team called The Jolly Joggers; I know, we aren’t that creative. Each member of the team is assigned a leg with pre-determined mileage. I’ll be leg two, which is a 5.2 mile interval. This will not require an extensive amount of training, but it will push me to continue running throughout the remainder of winter – which admittedly, I have been slacking on. :S
For those interested, the other legs of the marathon are as follows:
- Leg 1: 8.4 miles
- Leg 3: 4.4 miles
- Leg 4: 4.0 miles
- Leg 5: 4.2 miles
[...] a long time since I’ve logged into Nike+. With my need to start running regularly for the Mickelson Relay in June, I signed in to create a mileage challenge for myself and a few friends. 82 days from now, I [...]
» Necesito Música sonja | johnson said this on March 16, 2010 at 7:33 pm