weekly check-in

[ilanarama]

It's not Tuesday! It's very, very, very late Monday!

How was your week, runners? What are you planning for this week?

Instead of an inspirational quote, I'd like to point you to something a bit longer. Life is for Participating is the account of Kathryn Switzer's groundbreaking run of the Boston Marathon, at that time a men-only event, in 1967. At that time, women were thought to be unfit for distance running and barred from many competitions and races. Switzer's race changed that all: in 1972, women were officially welcomed as competitors in the Boston Marathon, and in 1984 the Olympics included a women's marathon.

Comments

[ilanarama]

I ran a 5K on Friday night and did better than I thought I would - well short of my PR, but much faster than my time in the same race last year.

This week I'm aiming to keep the same mileage and run a few harder workouts, but so far this has not gone well as I had to interrupt my hard run this morning with a sedate dash for the nearest toilet.

[cyphomandra]

Wow, congrats on the 5k! (and hope the sedate dashing has resolved)

[vyola]

Congratulations on beating your time from last year :-)

Yikes, what a work out - that's not the fun kind! I'm glad you made it to the nearest toilet.