I am not planning on being a 50 state marathon runner. My goal is simply to be healthy. Instead, I’ve decided I want to cover the east coast states and today knocked off Delaware. I only have South Carolina to go. I’ve also run two in Hawaii but the rest have been on the east coast
Today I ran the Delaware Running Festival’s marathon in Wilmington. Anytime I can go under 4:20 I am satisfied. It means I did less than a 10 minute mile pace. Today my final pace was 9:51 but what I was happiest about is my last seven miles, which were at 9:40 per mile.
Negative splits are hard to come by for me, and to gain one with a decent last 7 mile pace, let’s just say I was pretty happy.
Due to some ridiculously absurd behavior by some people at work directed against me, I’ve been working hard with a life coach for the past 7 months. That would have sounded absurd to me in the past but it has paid dividends in my mental health and now my physical health. While work continues to be entirely demoralizing and I am stunned and reminded each day about the bad behavior of some people I work with, getting my physical health back has helped me with my mental health as well (even if I still am disgusted at work).
Recovery physically for the next race takes a bit longer in my mid 50’s, but I am planning another race in mid June, so will take the time to get ready for it.
Will add some pictures if I get any I think are acceptable!
Morbidly Obese to MARATHON Runner 