My Autumn Running Goals!
This Fall, I am officially registered to run the Mount Desert Island Marathon. I have run this marathon in 2016 and 2020, as it is always my alternative to Olympic Trials on Olympic Trials Year. Hopefully, I come close to placing top ten female American in my age bracket and the foliage is gorgeous.
Before running MDI, I am considering re-running my first race over 20 miles that I finished in 2013, the Maine Marathon. I have always wanted to try running the Maine Marathon and Mount Desert Island back to back, 28 seems old enough to do it.
In September, before my marathons, I will run a half-marathon here in Upstate NY. The 1812 half marathon, I have not run since 2014, but I remember the course being flat and fast. Hopefully, I race a 5k or mile somewhere in there too!
As a build up to racing, I will be training hard all summer and fundraising for some of my favorite charities St. Jude as well as Upstate Medical University Children’s Hospital. I love what St. JUDE gives to their patients. While I went to Upstate Hospital whilst struggling with health obstacles in highschool, in cardiology, and would love to contribute locally in Syracuse. I have come a long way since being so sick my freshman year of highschool, it is fulfilling to help others overcoming health obstacles through my running career.
My fundraising plan is for one fall/winter season, rather than specific races, a combination of mileage in training and all of my races. I will run my mileage for certain causes, specific weeks. In addition to running, I would like to have a contributing craft on Etsy. This year, I am having a Halloween, Christmas and New Year’s violin concert series to correlate with my running fundraising for charity. This year will be ambitious, as it is my third Olympic Trials year for the marathon and a fourth seems too crazy, you never know!
Fun videos and more interviews are to come in the summer months.