Mike's Marathon Blog

Mike’s Marathon Blog is up and running again…….I know you’ve all been checking every day!

If someone said to me a year ago that I would finish 2 World Major Marathons in 2010, I wouldn’t have believed them even if I had already signed up for them! The farthest I had ever run at that point in my life was 13.1 miles. And I had only done that twice!

People ask me all the time, ‘why did you all of a sudden start running?’ and ‘what ever prompted you to run A marathon never mind two never mind the Boston and NYC Marathons?!’

My answer…………….I really have absolutely no idea!

It just sort of happened! I started running to lose weight, I know that much. But a lot of people start running to lose weight and 3 months later they’re back on the couch with a bag of Funyuns.

I do know one thing, I feel 1,000,000 times better when I am in shape/exercising/running/training. Since November 8th, I have done nothing. When I say nothing, I mean nothing! For the past month, I consider walking the dog exercise. And trust me, that is the most I’ve done. I’ve been eating Fluffernutters for breakfast, bologna sandwiches for lunch, anything and everything for dinner and have not gone a night without having some kind of dessert. I kid you not! I feel terrible! And the worst part about it, I don’t think my back has healed at all.

I gave my back until now to heal however much it could in that time span. Unfortunately, it still hurts a little. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nothing like it was during the summer or leading up to NYC, but I can still feel some pain down there.

I am starting to work out again in a week. I haven’t nailed down a definite schedule yet, but I am going to try the P90X tapes and start running again. No long distances, just a few miles two or three times a week. I will also be re-joining my weekend Spin classes at the Y and doing an hour of Yoga once or twice a week.

My goal is to focus more on my core and see if that helps my back at all. I am getting another MRI done in the May time frame, so I have 5 months to get in shape. Just in time for the golf/marathon/triathlon season.

2010 was a great year. More of my friends got hitched, some had babies, I became a Godfather, ran a few marathons, got down to my lowest weight since I was probably in middle school, my hairline didn’t completely disappear (although I don’t think I will be saying that about 2011), the Pats are 14-2, the Sox got some much needed players and most importantly, everyone I know was healthy and happy (relatively speaking of course).

What lies ahead for me in 2011? Something that will make 2 marathons look like a walk in the park.

To be continued…………..