My 3rd Half Marathon (Adirondack Half Marathon) will be on September 25, 2011 and it goes half way around Schroon Lake. (The Half Marathon will begin at the 13.1 mile marker and will end at the Full Marathon Finish Line. The runners will run on the easier section of the marathon course.  The first five to six miles are flat; then there are long, gentle hills on Route 9. Time to complete this race will be 5 hours.)

Good Things about this Race 🙂 :

• The course is supposed to be beautiful.
• It’s local – I can either sleep on my boat in Bolton Landing or at my friend’s house in Chestertown
• It has an Expo (my first Expo.)
• I won’t be running it alone (Bloggers Felice, Amanda & AJH, running friends Mary, Janis & Bridget are running it too.)
• No pressure – 5 hour time limit
• Lots of water stops
• There’s a Pasta Party the night before.
• You get a Finisher Medal!

Not So Good Things 😦 :

• Training in the summer heat (never have run more than a 5k in the summer)!!
• Finding time for long runs in the summer with weekend 5ks and boating on Lake George!!!!!
• It’s my 3rd Half – Shouldn’t I aim for a faster time?
• Are there hills? (I hate hills!)
• My heel still “hurts” : OUCH!

LET THE TRAINING BEGIN!!

Happy Running!