I started working out on the hidden staircases in Los Angeles. Doing 4-6 mile routes with anywhere from 6-15 staircases in the route. Those route would have anywhere from 1,200 to 1,500 ft of elevation gain! Then I did the Pat Tillman 42 staircases and anywhere from 14-18 miles!
Then, I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could finish a half marathon. So, I signed up for the 2014 Hollywood Half Marathon with one month to train. I trained by doing the stairhikes and once a week a trail run in Griffith Park. We would run 4-6 miles with at least 2,000 ft of elevation gain. That's it! I had no idea there were things like; long run, tempo run, shake out run.
To this day my training is stairhikes and trail hikes with lots of elevation gain! If I run more than 5 miles before a race, it is because I did another race!!
So race day comes along for the Hollywood Half. I had no idea what to expect but I ran the race and I found I loved the challenge of finishing half marathons.
So, I started this blog to review the races I have done and will do in the future.
My requirements for running a half:
Must give a finishers medal!
I won't do any races that are owned by that jerk, frank mccourt, the former owner of the LA dodgers! Yes, I did not capitalize his name for a reason! The ironic thing is, I hate everything about the LA dodgers!!
This also means I will not do the LA Marathon as long as he is the owner. Or the other races organized by his company! Like the half marathon in Pasadena in January 2017,
I won't do any races behind the Orange Curtain! So, that rules out the very expensive and very overpriced races hosted by Disney!!
Since April 2014 I have completed 16 half marathons. In this blog I will recap past and future half marathons.
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