London Training Update: March 2024

Welcome to Spring, Friends! 🌷

Marathon training is always full of ups and downs, and that goes far beyond the hills I train on. This month started off brilliant! (I’ve been practicing my British slang. 😀)

The brilliant news is that I took 1st place overall 🏆 in the 5K I raced on March 2nd! The race was called the Lucky Dog Dash, and I had to run hard to avoid being tracked down by the owner running with his Vizsla in 2nd place. 🐶

My 5K finish time was 18 minutes and 35 seconds (5:59 per mile pace or 3:43 minutes/km for my loyal Canadian sponsors! 🍁).

Proud Husband Alert! 🚨 - Meg also ran this race and finished in 1st place for her age group with a time of 28:42! Her reaction was priceless, as this was the first sports achievement award in her life.

Way to go, Meg!!! 👏👏👏

You probably already know this section is going to talk about the low point of the month, don’t you? Yep, your intuition is correct. Unfortunately, I caught a nasty cold 🤒 that kept me away from training most of last week.

On the bright side, I didn’t have to shovel any of the 14 inches of snow ⛄ that hit our neighborhood last week. Thanks to Meg for literally bearing this load 💪 while I was sick on the couch getting greyhound cuddles from Ruth.

The good news is that I’m on the mend and starting to run again. I am confident that I’ll be ready for race day on April 21st.

As a reminder, all Denver folks are invited to join us for a pint before we leave for London. We hope to see some of you there next month! No RSVP is required.

📆 Reminder: Sponsor Happy Hour on Sunday, April 14th at 2 PM

Meg and I want to buy our sponsors a pint and toast to your generosity! 🍻

If you plan to be in Denver on April 14th, please join us at Pints Pub by the Denver Art Museum at 2 PM.

Address: 221 W 13th Ave, Denver, CO 80204 (Google Maps Link 🔗)

Cheers friends,

-Matt

PS—If you haven’t submitted your song yet, please do so by the end of March so it can be added to the final race day playlist. 🎶

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