It’s been a
long time coming, but I’m finally getting started on an oft-requested running
blog. I’ve been running for just over a
year, and have been participating in races quite frequently since starting. I’ve
increased my distance and endurance a bit quickly in those twelve months. My first race was a 10K in October of 2013 (quite
a hefty distance for someone who had only laced on running shoes – albeit very
old and decrepit New Balances from the 90s – for the first time since the much reviled
“required” one-mile runs on the track in middle school P.E.), and through a
series of winter New York Road Runners races in Central Park, I made my way up
in distance toward my first half marathon race – the New York City Half – in March
2014. Since then, I’ve done six half
marathons, and began training in June for my first marathon, this past Sunday’s Chicago Marathon. So it’s fitting that my first “race
report” post which you’ll see shortly, is of the marathon!
And you’re
probably wondering – why “Victory Headstand Runner?” In July, I completed my fourth half marathon,
the Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Half, and PR’d by 13 minutes (also very close to
finishing sub-2 hours.) After finishing
the race and waiting for my cousin to finish shortly thereafter, I decided to pose
with my medals dangling from my running shoes as I went into an unassisted
headstand, something I only within the past couple years have become capable of
doing. And so began a tradition of me
posing with my finisher’s medal (or other medals – in some cases, such as the
Rock ‘n’ Roll series, when multiple medals are possible) in a headstand pose!
So, welcome
to my new blog, and I hope you enjoy reading all of my entries!
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