Run, Peretich, RUN!

Marine Corps Marathon TURKEY TROT 10K My big running goal for 2018 was to run all of the races in the Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) race series in a single year. The MCM Turkey Trot 10K on November 17 *should* have been my last race in the series, but they added a new Medal of Honor 8K in December on the Medal of Honor golf course, so one race left in the series after this turkey trot. The weather wasn't terrible for the run, either. With a start time at approximately 9:50AM (after everyone had finished the Turkey Trot 1 mile), weather in the mid-40s with no rain and little wind sounded wonderful! Kayla decided to run this race with me, too, so I met her at the gym and we headed towards Marine Corps Base Quantico. I almost always use Waze for directions, but when I pulled it up leaving my house, it said it was going to take me almost 2hrs to get there, while Apple Maps was only taking 1hr 23min - I liked the second option better (both were taking the exact same rout...

SATURDAY MORNING: North Beach 5K My friend Cindy (who owns Gentle Family Dentistry in Dunkirk, MD if you're looking for an AWESOME dentist) told me about this local 5K. Even though I was already signed up for and running the Across the Bay 10K on Sunday, I figured maybe I should try to run some back-to-back races before the Dopey Challenge in January. If I haven't mentioned it in person or on this blog, I'm a glutton for punishment, and my running goal for 2019 is to complete the Dopey Challenge at Walt Disney World in January. For this challenge, Thursday is a 5K, Friday is a 10K, Saturday is a half marathon, and Sunday is a full marathon. That's 48.6 miles of running over 4 days and through all 4 Disney theme parks. Doesn't seem like that much more than a full marathon (26.2 miles), but I'm quickly discovering that running back-to-back days is WAY harder than it seems. I may have run a decent number of races, but I'm terrible at train...