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Are You Running the 2011 Portland Marathon?

By Colleen @colleenalicia · On October 9, 2011

At this time last year, I was trying to figure out if I should be running a marathon the next day or not.  Ultimately I decided that no, I shouldn’t do it because of all my injuries, but that I was going to do it anyway.  It went surprisingly well for 21 miles, after which it was pretty miserable, but that was more expected.  And, “at least I finished!!!!”, which is the consolation phrase we all like to say when people run really slow marathons.  This year I once again waited until today, the day before the race, to decide how much, if any, of the Portland Marathon I will be running.  Only this year my options are slightly limited, as I am not registered and so will not be allowed to cross the St. John’s bridge.  And I have not even kind of trained for a marathon in any way, shape, or form.

This year, I will be running to support/yell at one of my own, my sister, Erica!  Here’s a picture of us after we ran the Run Like Hell half marathon, two years ago.  Hopefully after running a marathon she’ll look at least twice as happy as she does in this picture.

I thought it would be good to run the last 5 or 6 miles with her, so I was thinking we should meet around mile 15.  A look at the course map showed me that runners will cross the St. John’s bridge at mile 17, so it would be better to meet Erica at mile 18.  I called her to discuss this plan, and we decided that I would wait for her at mile 18 starting at 9:45.  As soon as I hung up I realized that I had been doing math at the level of a 5 year-old, and that meeting at mile 18 would mean running 8 miles, not 5 or 6.  Erica probably realized this and didn’t say anything because she wants me to run with her for longer.  I’m on to you, Erica.  I could probably use a long-ish run though, so I’ll stick with this plan.  It doesn’t matter how out of shape I am, an 8 mile run for me will still be easier than a 26 mile run with most of the people I’ll be running near.

I should end this post before people realize how self-centered I can be about a race that I’m not even running.  Is anyone else doing the marathon tomorrow?  If you are, and if you run at a pace relatively close to my sister’s, I will try to say hello and good job tomorrow if I see you, even if you’re not doing a very good job.  But I hope you are doing a good job, because it’s very embarrassing to run a marathon and not even do a good job.

Just kidding.

Good luck 2011 Portland Marathon attempters!  See you on the course!

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Colleen

I must confess, I started running at a very early age. Sadly, my runs were unblogumented until around age 23, so you'll have to use your imagination for all the runs I went on before that. Running has always been my go-to sport, but sadly, I spend a good amount of my time with chronic injuries. I have learned to entertain myself athletically with other pursuits such as kettlebell, yoga, and bikini competitions, when I can't run. In addition to my unique talent for working out and then blogging about it, I am an amateur puppy stylist and photographer, television enthusiast, and I'm usually CPR/AED certified, but I would still prefer if you didn't pass out when we're together.

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I’m Colleen. I started this blog when I was 23 years old and training for my first marathon. I was single, semi-employed, generally directionless in life, and had a lot of free time on my hands. I have a lot less free time now, but I still love to come here and dump my rambling, unedited thoughts after a workout or race once in a while.

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