Patricia Murray

Hi Patricia! Yes, it's been a while. Congratulations you finished your first marathon at NYC! The time that it took for you to finish is ok. I am with that. I felt the same and I tried to run more with not much more improvement. I decided to get a coach and I will run two more marathons by Jan 2010. I will then take a year off to train for one or two marathons in 2011. I think 7 marathons in one year is enough. I have learned my lesson not to give up but to train smart or get a coach. I am proud of you! You are a marathoner! You finished and that is what is most important. Mile 19 was hard for me when I ran my first race. Oh God the next day I was not able to walk! Three day of rest and I could walk! I realized that it was a true gift to walk again. "Thank you God." How I think I took it for granted before I ran my first marathon. And now I am up to five marathons, then six and seven. Take care, Leo

Yes it is getting close , but you're getting there remember where you started, you are doing good . keep it up , we will be watching .

Hi Patricia , hows your training going you should be on target , remember your commitment to yourself , i remember for me it was hard running the long runs but because of Julie i had someone to meet for the run , so it helped me to go out and run the long 20 miles and thats hard , so stay focus you can do it. ( Feed The Warrior)

Waiting for the post??? You should know by now it can take days to show up here so I post my training on DailyMile.com and it feeds into Twitter & Facebook so you're never in the dark, like me....

Did a little over 13 in Maine a few week ago and was scheduled for 15 tomorrow with Team in Training but I'm heading north again so I'll miss the group run. Not sure what I'll do for distance yet. My next event is a Half in Philly next month and hopefully it will be much cooler... We've had 90+ degree days for a week straight.... Hotter then FLA!

It is posted you have a 1:40 to beat next year. Yes I plan to come over and do that race next year so get ready. Hey What is up with that guy?

start today with your mind , get ready to train . 11/1/09 ING NEW YORK CITY MARATHON

That is very good news , you should make it fun , but do your best and you will love yourself at the end . this is your chance to make up for miami. you can get into great shape , just do it. i miss running so much . because its hard but the payoff is great . mark it down july 12 , get started. i'll keep in touch. go for it.