My training for the IMT Des Moines Marathon began on Fat Tuesday, which fell this year on March 5th, 2019.
Looking at my Instagram account it was 11 degrees outside. This was actually a heatwave to us here in Northeast Iowa due to the Polar Vortex sweeping through our corner of the world only a couple of weeks previous. I covered 3.1 miles in about 38 minutes having to dodge ice and snow sticking to the road in spots.
Seems like a lifetime ago compared to what I ran in this morning. I completed the Sturgis Falls Half-Marathon in oppressive heat and humidity with no wind to move the sticky air around.
Now I move to the second half of my 2019 running season- training for the marathon.
I cannot tell you why I want to run a marathon beyond feeling like I should. Maybe there are other reasons. I’ve lost over 100 lbs over the last year and, because of the fear of gaining it back, I wanted to have some goal to shoot for to keep me focused.
Des Moines is my hometown and it’s the closest Marathon so running it there was a bit of a no brainer
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