Des News Marathon and 1000 Miles

July 23
Daily Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 958


July 24
This is like Christmas morning for me. I literally feel butterflies in my stomach the day before a big race and I lay out all my clothes and I have trouble falling and staying asleep. For the Des. News Marathon you don't have to worry about sleep all that much seeing how you have to catch the bus at 3:30 AM. When I got to the starting line of the race I had about an hour and a half to sit on the bed of a truck and wait. It was a good time though because I was able to meet some new people and get some people watching in. The race was so fun I love that race. It was so beautiful and a great day for running. The first half of the race is down hill and shady. The second half of the race is more difficult in my opinion, there is some little up hill here and there that get to ya.
My whole goal for this race was to run my own race. I struggled with this at the beginning because there was a pacer that I wanted to stay with, but he was going a little faster than I thought. during the race I could keep this pacer in my sight. towards the end of the race I passed him and was happy that I stuck with my own goal. This year they let runners run the parade route and that was a lot of fun I saw a lot people I knew and even had my friend Brian run some with me.
Oh before I forget I need to give a huge shout out to my buddy Jordan who hit me up with a coke at 2 aid stations. MMMMM Coke....
Any way the run to the finish line is a doozy. It is up a slight incline with the sun in your face and you can see the line from far away.
I loved finishing this race. My family and some friends were there to see me finish and I got ice. After that we went to Finns and got an amazing breakfast.


Daily Mileage = 26.4 (the course was a little long)
Yearly Mileage =  984.4


Saturday
Daily Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 987.5


Monday
Daily Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 990.6


Tuesday
Daily Mileage = 5
Yearly Mileage = 995.6


Wednesday
Daily Mileage = 6
Yearly Mileage = 1001.6


Thursday
Daily Mileage = 6.2
Yearly Mileage = 1007.8


Friday
Daily Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 1010.9