Table of Marathons

11 MCM (not for time) 11 Wineglass (950/1442)
10 MCM (not for time) 09 MCM (348/1076)
09 Washington's Birthday Marathon (22/44) 08 MC Historic Half (51/210)
07 Frederick Marathon (32/60) 06 MCM (394/1076)
05 MCM (547/1047)

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Mentoring

Today I took Denise for a 10 mile run on the Anacostia Trail System. I had just finished a 10-miler in our neighborhood to build my Sunday run to 20 miles.

I have been coaching and mentoring her slow re-introduction to running and subsequent build-up. Her goal is to achieve the quantum increase in strength and resilience that I experienced as a result of a training program that took me to and beyond 30 miles a week. Her pleasure at growing mental and physical strength is palpable. She is running with a maturity and independence that I've never seen her accomplish in the past.

As the temperature rose to just shy of 80 F, the run became fairly challenging. While walking occasionally, she toughed it out and finished with a huge sense of accomplishment.