http://www.afhill.com/gothedistance/2009/06/steamboat-springs-race-report/ A running and training blog by Andrea Hill (formerly runlikeagrrl on livejournal) Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:22:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.afhill.com/gothedistance/2009/06/steamboat-springs-race-report/comment-page-1/#comment-18501 lindsay Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:44:36 +0000 http://www.afhill.com/gothedistance/?p=999#comment-18501 congrats! a 3:53 is great, especially considering all the circumstances. i've been tempted at times these past few months to do another marathon (i haven't ran one since jan) but then i remind myself i haven't been training for one. i know i had aches and pains after previous marathons i ran w/o adequate training and i know i'd be disappointed if i didn't do semi-well, even if i knew i hadn't trained. i hope you are able to find your balance - either running them for fun or focusing on just a few each year. definitely sounds like a nice race though, hope the recovery has been going well! congrats! a 3:53 is great, especially considering all the circumstances. i've been tempted at times these past few months to do another marathon (i haven't ran one since jan) but then i remind myself i haven't been training for one. i know i had aches and pains after previous marathons i ran w/o adequate training and i know i'd be disappointed if i didn't do semi-well, even if i knew i hadn't trained. i hope you are able to find your balance – either running them for fun or focusing on just a few each year. definitely sounds like a nice race though, hope the recovery has been going well!

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