'm finally planning it; I'm going to try to pull the trigger soon. If my hamstring and body can take it; a full marathon is on my radar. Green Bay, Wisconsin, aka Titletown, USA. Land of Lombardi, start of a Legend (Brett Favre) and home of brats, burgers, cheese and beer. I've done three half marathons (1 in Madison, 1 in Green Bay, and 1 in Appleton). I loved Madison because of the college memories but last year they had a lot of complaints because of the course and lack of porta potties (interestingly, a key thing on runs). Green Bay was awesome because it started and ended near Lambeau; the start was outside on a street and you finished by running out the player's tunnel and onto the field for 1 lap. If you think of all the things that have happened and all the people that have touched the field.. its a surreal feeling. I almost floated around the field, on top of the world. I guess it's part of the sreason it was my best run, huh?

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Well, it's getting to be that time of the year where I'm about to turn up the heat for a full marathon in Green Bay, Wisconsin on May 16th (I think.. if that's a Sunday). Either way, business is about to pick up since I have my training picked out thanks to halhigdon.com! That's the same site I used for my half marathons, of course, now I get Runner's World magazine and I take workouts out of there from time to time and replace them with workouts that ol' Hal has me doing. It's a good mix, one that I've grown fond of and that's why I'm sticking with what works for my first full.
Onto a few of my training thoughts though. The first concern is naturally health; my knee has been hit or miss since this summer with some chondro menatia (spelling) and maybe tendinitis and who knows what else. I was supposed to have a PT look at it today, but I didn't have to go to work so I didn't see him. I'm waiting to hear back before I really decide to bust tail or how this training is going to go. Naturally, I did the next best thing today. Sit ups and push ups. Now, I've been trying to do these for years; never got consistent at them. I've made 13 New Year's Resolutions and a promise to myself every single morning that today will be the day I start doing them before and after school. Wrong. I've never managed to do them, still... but today, I had the day off and I ripped off 100 of each. It's not a big amount right now, and I'm not pretending that it is, but for somebody that is trying to get into a flow of doing them.. 100 of each before 4 is a big deal. The tricky part is doing another 100 before bed tonight and then gradually working my way up.

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