What's Ahead in 2013

After the marathon, I immediately wanted to sign up for my next marathon and improve on my time.  I chose the Rock and Roll Marathon in St. Louis on October 27, 2013.  I felt this would give me time to recover before embarking on the next round of full marathon training.  So what to do until then...  Here are the races I have already signed up for 2013:

Truffle Shuffle 4 mile race in Cottleville, MO- 2/9 (Already completed)
Golden Egg 5K in Wentzville, MO on March 9
Run for the Helmet 7K in Cottleville, MO on March 16
Lourdes Paducah Iron Mom Half Marathon in Paducah, KY on May 11
Hospital Hill Half Marathon in Kansas City, MO on June 1
Rock and Roll Full Marathon in St. Louis, MO on October 27

Here are some other races I am considering adding to the mix:

Estes Park Half Marathon on June 16 in Estes Park, CO
July 4 Spectacular 4 Miler on July 4 in Charlotte, NC
Oak Brook Half Marathon on Labor Day in Oak Brook, IL
Chesterfield Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving
Hot Chocolate 15K in St. Louis on December 15

We are taking a spring break trip to WDW, so I'm hoping it won't be too hard to keep up my training while travelling back and forth and staying there.  I'd still like to find a run for April, though it might be best to use April for training since I will have two or three half marathons over May/June.  Then July I'll start back up on the Marathon training for fall.  Hopefully my body holds up and I don't get any injuries.  My ankle still bugs me a bit ever since I injured it last August.  I also sometimes feel a little soreness/tenderness in my right shin.

Dave is hoping to do a half ironman over Labor Day weekend.  He is looking at a sprint tri in May and then an Olympic tri in July as practice races.  He has been doing a lot of swimming (3 days a week at Gold's Gym), but he is nervous to return to running after his stress fracture in his shin.  He goes to the sports medicine doctor next week to get a walk/run plan to ease back into running.  He has been a bit discouraged as he has ended up with an injury in each round of training so far.  Hopefully the crosstraining for a tri will help him stay injury free.  He has also been using P90X and doing yoga for runners to strengthen his body to prevent injury.  Say a little prayer that all goes well as he returns to running.

I still have running on the brain a lot of the time.  I spent a lot of time looking at races I'd like to do in the near or distant future.  I'm very hopefully that some of my friends, family, and co-workers that are getting into running with catch the running bug with me!  Happy running!!