Friday, July 8, 2011

Race Announcement: Rock'n'Roll Las Vegas Marathon


With 2011 being my year of Triathlon, I had decided that I would not have the time to train for a marathon, both mentally and physically.  Well, that was until my sister-in-law, Rebecca, talked about doing the Las Vegas Half-Marathon on December 4, 2011.  Hmmm.... participate in the world's largest night time marathon?  Yeah, we'll make it happen.  Since all our money has been sunk into triathlon gear, I don't have to worry about losing it on the poker table.

In less than two weeks we had gone from having a free December to having the entire trip (registration, plane, hotel) paid for.  I like how Rebecca rolls!

So the training?  Well, Rock'n'Roll Las Vegas (RnRLV) is five weeks after my half-ironman.  I know I can handle a marathon with my cardio system but physically pounding out the 26.2 miles on the legs might be a little more challenging.  I decided to take Hal Higdon's marathon plan and compare the long runs to my Half-Ironman plan.  They actually matched up pretty well except for about four of the weekends in which I'll need to add another 30 - 60 minutes.  I'm not concerned about the midweek runs on the marathon plan until after October 29.

2 comments:

  1. Sounds like am awesome race, and out should be better than kansas in december!

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  2. That is awesome! I hope you and Rebecca have a great race!

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