weight loss and marathon goals

So I am just starting to run again after almost 3 months of minimal running. I have hiked Camelback Mtn. a half dozen times and skateboarded about 8-10 times since I got to Arizona. I started gaining a lot of weight after a failed attempt at the Rocky Racoon 100 race in Feb.2010. I went from 145lbs to 185lbs. Now I am back down to 167lbs with a goal of 155lbs by 12-01-2011. I am pacing Catra Corbett at the Javelina Jundred Nov.12th, running Pam Reed's Tuscon Marathon in Dec., and the Phoenix marathon in Jan.

headlands marathon

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PCTR headlands marathon

Yesterday was my only day off in a while. So I ran the Headlands marathon. It was hard for me. I'm not in the shape I used to be and I was never in that great of shape. They say it only had 5,000 feet of elevation gain, but I have done 50k races with more and this felt like more. A couple of years ago I ran a road marathon in 3:38. Yesterday's race took me 6hrs 41m. My buddy Jarod ran it as his first marathon and finished! My buddy Erik ran the 50 mile race in 10:59. Crazy. Phil Shaw won the 50 miler. He ran it in about 7 hours!