Army Virtual Marathon Recap

Wednesday I finished my 16th race this year (my highest total in one year!) and the 10th towards my 40 by 40 goal (one quarter of the way finished!).

I completed 26.23 miles in 8:56:25. I did it in 6 legs and walked most of it, only running about 2.5 miles. I'd like to have run more, but squeezing in so many miles into such a short amount of time (the majority of the mileage was done in 4 legs spread over 5 days) was hard enough on my body and I didn't want to risk shin splints or other injuries. I also didn't want to get too fatigued and not have any energy left for the New Year's Day 5k.

Since I finished my race mileage on Wednesday I was able to rest on Thursday and run the 5k on Friday.

I've run one full marathon and completed it in 5:54:34, so obviously this was not my fastest marathon, but I didn't expect it to be. Since I walked so much of it I really didn't have any time expectations, though I am glad I squeezed in under 9 hours :)

I'm still torn about how to classify these virtual races. While the distance is a half or full marathon, when I tally up my races, I'm not counting them in the half and full marathons I've run since I didn't run these in one day. If I had, I would count them as such, but my schedule and training just can't handle it.

I do like the flexibility of the virtual races and the ability to complete them over several days, or even weeks. I'm planning on a virtual 5k in March (pi for the win!), but I think that will be my last virtual race for my 40 by 40 goal.

2015 Races:

Month	Race Time
Army Virtual Marathon	8:56:25
December 5k	34:16
Turkey Trot (November)	33:30
Trail Half (November)	3:35:17	Actually 13.61 miles
Kilted Trail 5k (October)	38:12
Corn Maze 5k (October)	37:42	Ran without stopping
Hill Valley Virtual Half Marathon (October)	3:43:00
September 5k	37:36	Almost 10 weeks postpartum
August 4 mile	1:00:18	almost 6 weeks postpartum
July 5k	47:44	38 weeks pregnant
June 5k	41:19	34 weeks pregnant
May 5k	40:05	29 weeks pregnant pushed River in the jogger
April 5k	42:36	28 weeks pregnant pushed River in the jogger
March 5k	35:32	22 weeks pregnant
February 5k	33:55	20 weeks pregnant
January 5k	33:25	12 weeks pregnant

40 by 40 Races:

	Date	Event	Distance	Event Type
1.	July	4th of July 5k	5k	Pregnant
2.	August	4 Mile Fun Run	4 miles	Road Race
3.	September	All Terrain	5k	Mixed surface
4.	October	Hill Valley Half	13.1 miles	Virtual half marathon
5.	October	Corn Maze 5k	5k	Corn Maze
6.	October	Kilted Trail 5k	5k	Kilted race
7.	November	Trail Half	13.6 miles	Trail Half
8.	November	Turkey Trot	5k	Road Race
9.	December	Veteran’s 5k	5k	Mixed surface
10.	December	Army Virtual Marathon	26.23 miles	Virtual marathon