I ran 2006 Baystate Marathon, or, as Jim Pitts, my coach, says, I survived it. I thought it would never end, but it did — 5h36min.

The best part was to commit to running and to train every day or almost every day. To allocate an hour or two a day for running was a challenge. Work, meetings, conferences — all ask for attention. I was cutting my business trips to make sure I could keep training every day. I am glad I did it.

Here is my log and my sneackers after 250 miles of running. Sneakers were very comfortable.

If you ever thought of running a marathon, just do it. It is an awesome experience. Or, drop me a line and we may run as a relay team together.

Some useful links:
Marathon Guide — gives interesting statistics about marathons, as well as lists races in all states

The 50 States & D.C. Marathon Group — All in this group share a goal of completing a marathon in all 50 States & D.C.

50 states marathon club – I doubt I will join this club, but maybe you will?

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I ran the 30th Tufts All Women Race in Boston. It was beautiful — a river of women bodies flowing, flowing, and flowing, endless.

There were women running with their kids in strollers, even with two kids in one stroller. They were beautiful. Some were getting ahead of me as I was running and observing all this beauty of healthy approach to life.

I devoted this race to my mom — it was an anniversary of my birthday as well. She would have been happy and proud of me.

The weather was in our camp — warm and sunny — rare case for a late fall in New England.

Join us next year — link is above.