I messed up last week and I posted my pampering post when I
should have posted about Spring. If you’d like to read about the Chocolate Spa
at the Hotel Hershey, you can check out this post HERE.
So now I guess I’ll talk about Spring!
I can’t believe how fast Spring is going already. Heck in
another week it will be May! I also can’t believe how many good races are
available in this short window of time. I know many people can plan a full race
schedule for each season and not think anything of it. I am not one of those
people. I can really only plan one long distance race and maybe a few mid
distance races per season. As you know,
I’m just building my confidence and strength back up and I don’t want to do too
much! This year already I’ve done the
NYC Half in March (would you consider that a spring-ish races?), and the
Hershey 10K in April, and I may do one more mid-distance race in May before our
Spring ends. That is enough for me!
However I’ve been keeping a running list (no pun intended), of Spring races I’ll want to do in 2018. Since
so many of them are around the same time, chances are I won’t get to do them
all, but it’s good to keep a list for the future.
1. The Lucky Charm 5K/10K- I’m hoping to have this race in March
be the first race I do next year. I think training for a 10K is a good and
reasonable goal to have for over the winter months.
2. The NYC Half??? – Scott said I should do this one again since
we had so much fun last month. Even though I LOVED this race and will claim it
as the best courses I’ve run so far, I’m not sure I want to jump right in and
do it again next year. I had such a great training cycle this winter, we ended
up having great weather on race day, and just everything worked out
wonderfully. Even though I didn’t PR, it was a really great race for me and I
just want to leave it at that! End on a high note if you will.
3. Atlantic City April Fools – This is one of my favorite race
weekends! I’ve done this race the past four years but this year opted not to do
it in exchange for doing the Hershey 10K instead. Usually the Hershey race and
this race are on the same weekend in April but this year it wasn’t for some
reason but I didn’t realize this until I had already made other plans. I’m
hoping to go back and run it again next year!
or
Hershey 10K ???- I really LOVED being in Hershey! I loved
Chocolate World, I loved the Hotel, and most of all I loved the Chocolate Spa!
I had a chest cold while running the 10K race and I found it to be way hillier
than I would have liked. There was a lot of time ran in the park (which was
also hilly) which was nice. The medal was great as was the shirt and post race
swag! I’m not really sure how I feel about this race but giving it another
chance is not completely out of the question (as long as it is not the same
weekend as the Atlantic City race).
4. Pittsburgh Half Marathon – Gotta get that "Runner of Steel" medal at some point. Plus I want to try the new "flatter" course". I ended up giving my registration away to Gretchen from Gretch Runs, so I am happy that she will be running it this May as I virtually cheer her own!
5. The Kentucky Derby Half Marathon- This race has been on my bucket list for a while now but this may have to be a full out Race-cation for me since it is not close.
As always, so many races in such a short period of time. I won't get them all done in one year, but hopefully I'll do them.. What Spring races have you wanted to do but haven't got to do yet? -M