Its a Big Race Weekend Out There!

So this is evidently a big week for road races.  Most of my friends in Runner's Edge will be running in one of three biggies:  Nashville, Oklahoma City or our hometown favorite, the Trolley Run.  Tomorrow morning, I'm making the trek south to run in OKC.  Thankfully, my marathon running days are over*, so I'm just doing the half down there.  I made a conscious decision last summer that after running 5 marathons, I wanted to switch to halfs as my longest race distance and thus be able to focus on doing Tri's. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy doing fulls, I just wanted a new challenge (the tri's) and I also wanted to get faster (the halfs).  Isn't my reasoning cool?  I get to do less running, I get to go faster and I get to spend less time in the hot sun. Sounds like the perfect compromise to me!

The OKC half was my first half marathon three years ago, so I'm looking forward to running it on Sunday morning to see what I have in me.  Because I'm not doing the full, I should literally be done and chomping on my burger at the finish line before 9:00 am (God and Hardee's  continued sponsorship willing!).  Gone are the days of me running in the hot sun at noon, hitting the wall at 22 and dreaming/drooling for a nice cold beer and greasy burger for the last 10 miles.  To that I say a hardy "Yippee!"   Wait, I'll be in Oklahoma, so shouldn't it be "YEEE HAW!"?

Good luck to my fellow Runner's Edgers wherever you are! Kick butt, take names!  Here's to many potential PRs this weekend!

*Being a male, I reserve to change my mind for any and/or all reasons at any time.  Running the 26.2 miles of an Ironman will count as a marathon, but will not constitute a changed mind.