Reach the Beach

Although I do enjoy working out and partaking in most fitness activities, I have never been one to enjoy long distance running. Most of the road races I've done have consisted of 3-7 miles. We'll that is all about to change the weekend of September 16th. I've signed up to run the Reach the Beach. For those of you who have never heard of it, it's a 200 mile relay race from Cannon Mountain to Hampton Beach. My team consists of 12 members who are each responsible for running 3 different legs of the race, which starts on Friday morning September 15th and ends on Saturday morning. Each leg is approximately 5-7 miles long. So all told each person will have run 15-18 miles by the end of the race. This is definitely a new challenge for me and should be pretty interesting. Running at 2am in the dark will be a first for me. I volunteered at one of the checkpoints for a race that was similar to this last spring and it looked like a lot of fun (except for the guy who vomited right after he ran through my checkpoint). I've been running 2 or 3 times a week in preparation for the race, but plan on taking it easy the week of the race to keep my legs strong and avoid injury by over training. Who knows maybe this race will change my outlook on running long distances. I'll follow up with another post after the race is over. Wish me luck!