Another 7 miles with Who's Up? over at the Haddonfield Running Company tonight. Within the beer selection afterwards was this gem:
It's a coconut caramel chocolate brown ale, and it is everything you hoped for and more.
Afterwards I went to the monthly meeting for the South Jersey Athletic Club. Normally they have some kind of guest speaker at every meeting, but because the Philly Marathon is coming up, and a lot of club members are running it as their first marathon, the club president thought it would be fun to have other members talk about their first marathon. I volunteered to be one of the speakers and brought along this picture for show and tell:
My first marathon was at the 2005 Philly Marathon. I'd always wanted to run a marathon after hearing about my dad's seven marathons in his day, and I finally bit the bullet after hearing about a friend who had just run her first a few months prior.
I had no idea what I was doing and didn't train very well for it. My legs started cramping as early as mile 16, and I walked long stretches afterwards. I finished in 4:29 and was immensely proud of myself, and spent something like $80 on this special frame. I'm really glad I have this souvenir, especially since I've now run 10 marathons. It's a nice way to commemorate my first.
It started as a bucket list item, but after finishing I knew I could do better. So I signed up the next year and ran 4:12. All told I've now run Philly five times and PR'd every time. I'm hoping to run it next year and break the three hour mark.
It's a coconut caramel chocolate brown ale, and it is everything you hoped for and more.
Afterwards I went to the monthly meeting for the South Jersey Athletic Club. Normally they have some kind of guest speaker at every meeting, but because the Philly Marathon is coming up, and a lot of club members are running it as their first marathon, the club president thought it would be fun to have other members talk about their first marathon. I volunteered to be one of the speakers and brought along this picture for show and tell:
My first marathon was at the 2005 Philly Marathon. I'd always wanted to run a marathon after hearing about my dad's seven marathons in his day, and I finally bit the bullet after hearing about a friend who had just run her first a few months prior.
I had no idea what I was doing and didn't train very well for it. My legs started cramping as early as mile 16, and I walked long stretches afterwards. I finished in 4:29 and was immensely proud of myself, and spent something like $80 on this special frame. I'm really glad I have this souvenir, especially since I've now run 10 marathons. It's a nice way to commemorate my first.
It started as a bucket list item, but after finishing I knew I could do better. So I signed up the next year and ran 4:12. All told I've now run Philly five times and PR'd every time. I'm hoping to run it next year and break the three hour mark.
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