#wineglassmarathon

[michelleables]

Wrapped up week one (I think) of marathon training with a beautiful morning run with spectacular company - including 4 barred owls 🦉#marathontraining #motherrunner #wineglassmarathon https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz3FhTZjYVItiOY85F7JTOVEutRiF7nA_E9wGs0/?igshid=1b6tnaegfae1

[krookedtusker]

All set up and ready for the runner from @wgmarathon @rockwellmuseum Stop in and try a sample from the great wineries and breweries that are here with us. #waytogo #wineglassmarathon #rockwellmuseum #drinkthetusker (at The Rockwell Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoWxJyzAX4x/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=r40anbxi706w

[parizziblog]

Regrann from @vineyardempire - What's the first thing that pops into your head when you seen this beautiful wine pic? 👑 Do you want your photo to be featured? tag #winestagram on your next pic 👑🏆 #winelover #winelife #wineanddine #winetour #wineryweekend #winelands #winenotwednesday #wineryday #winerylove #wineryhopping #wineday #winemaking #winerytrip #winerywalkabout #wineloversunite #winerydogs #winerytime #wineislife #winemaker #wineglasswriter #wineryweddings #wineaddict #wineryhotel #winebottle #wineandpaint #wineloversonly #winerylife #winepic #wineglassmarathon

[twentysixpoint2momma-blog]

August #swimbikerun totals (including IM70.3 taper) 🙏🏻🏊🏼‍♀️🚴🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️💕 #triathlon #trilife #triathlete #newbietriathlete #triathlontraining #marathoner #marathontraining #charitymiles #charitymilesambassador #oisellevolée #drinkmaple #drinkmapleambassador #nuun #nuunbassador #im703maine #ironmanmaine703 #ironman703mainetraining #wineglassmarathon

[travelmemo]

Wine tasting at Riva's Ophelia gourmet restaurant in Constance. Watch out on our travel blog for the coming review. It will be about the famous chef...⠀ ... and why we kept talking about him even the next day... ⠀ #HMMhighlightlowlight #wine #winelovers #winegram #wineglass #wineglasses #wineglassmarathon #gourmet #restaurant #Ophelia #Constance #Germany #dinner #Weinbegleitung #Riva #Konstanz #shotwithP10 #huaweimobilech #oo #huaweip10 #travelmemo #latergram (hier: Ophelia)

[krnaturalphoto]

Next weekend is Wineglass weekend. Who's going to be in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York to run the half or the full and finish on Market Street in Corning. Who's running the full and Who's running the half? I'll be out on the course somewhere cheering and taking photos. Hope to see you there. #nomeatathlete #bocogear #bocogearambassador #teamnuun #nuunlife #pickybarsambadassador #lifepoints #runnersofinstagram #wineglass #wineglassweekend #wineglassmarathon #wineglasshalfmarathon https://instagr.am/p/CUSdckULIaa/

[simi-run-blog]

It was a great day for a PR! Awesome time at the @wgmarathon #WGM16 #wineglassmarathon #bibchat #poweredbybits #keepittight #embracethespace #gogreengowhite @bibrave @energybits @procompression @altrarunning (at Wineglass Marathon)

[goaldengoats]

Ahhhhh so we took a bunch of videos marathon weekend and I finally put them all together and made a movie!!! I'm obsessed with it! It's uploading to you tube sooooo slowly! I can't wait to share it with you!

[nukkii12]

Volunteered with some awesome #arkport students and watched our principal cross the finish line! #wineglassmarathon

[94monkeys]

Never doing another race without its own customized split of wine. That ought to narrow it down…

On Sunday, I ran the Wineglass Half Marathon in Corning, NY. Corning is a small town and only recently started offering a half along with the marathon (which is 30+ years old) but they really roll out the red carpet for runners. There were a lot of super nice volunteers and spectators (some who were just hanging out on their front lawns watching us), and apart from the swag above they also offer a nice shirt, glass medals and a souvenir wine glass. And good heavens, upstate N.Y. is gorgeous this time of year, when so many of the trees are changing their leaves and you can see down into the valleys and up into the hills. 

I went up with Betsy and Jocelyn as the slacker member of the trio -- Betsy ran the half to taper for her 50K (what?!) and Jocelyn ran the full marathon. I love traveling for races, but for this one in particular I am glad I didn't go alone. It was a fair drive up and it would be hard to get around in Corning without a rental car. Plus, when you travel with other runners then you don't feel bad that you want to go bed early, eat all the things, and moan about how you can't move. Speaking for myself, I had an amazing time, but maybe I'm still just high on the fact that on the drive up a bear ran across the road in front of us and we lived. (Stephen Colbert was right. Don't trust bears!)

The race itself is a net-downhill course (this will be important later) through some parks, along a highway and some city roads, and heading into downtown Corning. I had prepared for a lot of things, but I wasn't prepared for it being LITERALLY FREEZING at the start. It was so cold, I brought throwaway gloves and wore the arm warmers I bought on Amazon that turned up way too big (there's a T-Rex Trying joke in here somewhere). We started outside of a high school (shout out to Campbell-Savona! Go Panthers!) with the sun not quite up yet.

For the first four miles, I felt achy and just kind of out of it, on top of the nerves and the "oh my lord this is happening again"s. Still, I was running "easy" and able to keep just ahead of the pace I wanted, so I carried on. By mile 6 I realized I would have to make a pit stop, which irked me but I felt better when I said "Okay, just make this stop, and worry about the rest of the race later." At 8.5 I made my stop, and from then on I was raring to go. I had planned to pick up at mile 10 or 11 if I was still feeling good, and... I was, so I went.

Ultimately, I took 6+ minutes off my time from the Mag Mile Half in August. Realistically I know this was probably 25% my own effort, 25% the net-downhill course and 50% the weather. I don't mean to cut myself down, I'm super happy with this outcome, but I'll have to work harder to chop off the next 6 minutes. On the other hand, I have never finished a half and felt this strong in the last 3 miles before, never, and a lot of that is me learning to be smarter about what makes sense versus my "start out fast and try not to die" strategy of old. (I could write more about this, if anyone cares?) I'm not the fastest I ever was, but I am a smarter runner than I was, which I think augurs better things in the future. 

After my race, Betsy and I went to find Jocelyn and we refueled at Applebee's (no regrets). On Monday before driving back, we stopped at Wagner Vineyards for a wine tasting, which was both a lovely stop and drove us mad with the desire to visit all 10,000 (est.) Finger Lakes wineries. Next trip?

So, what's next? I am formulating my plans for winter running and not either getting injured or bored by the time snow gets here. But I officially signed up for my first 2015 race, which is... 

They might not actually provide their own wine but they do have margaritas.

[runsforbrunch]

well, I was *going* to PR, but apparently rolling your foot at mile 12 isn't conducive to a good race. #whineglass #wineglassmarathon (at Corning Wineglass Marathon And Half)

[twentysixpoint2momma-blog]

Not taking them off...ever 😂 1,600m 🏊🏼‍♀️ First workout since #ironmanmaine703 Feeling awesome. Soreness is just about completely gone. Good thing because I have a marathon to train for!! 1 month to go!! 😁💪🏻 #wineglassmarathon #swim #swimbikerun #trilife #triathlon #triathlete #triathlontraining #marathoner #marathontraining #drinkmaple #drinkmapleambassador #nuun #nuunbassador #charitymiles #charitymilesambassador #im703maine #ironmantri #ironman703 #first703 #firstironman703 #3athlonlife

[runningandraisingmyheathens]

Today was amazing! I had such an awesome time. I was a little worried before the start because I had an upset stomach. Once I started though, I had no problems. Keith ran the first .5 with me. At mile 2, the 4 hour pace group caught up with me. I ran with them until mile 23. It was great! I never hit my wall because I had great company. Miles 12-16 I ran with this guy named Tim. Talking to him helped distract me. I usually have a hard time with miles 13-18, but today I didn't even notice. I felt great up to mile 22. Then I started to hurt. It's funny cause Keith slowed down there too. At mile 25, my calves started cramping up. I was so scared I wasn't going to be able to finish, so I slowed it down a little. I wish I could've pushed and gotten a sub 4, but I'm happy with my time. I know I gave it all I had. I'm not sure why my watch only registered 26.07 miles. I think it stopped in the tunnel. It was a beautiful course. Once we started moving, the weather was perfect! My official time was 4:00:48 with a 9:11 pace. I placed 717 out of 1962. I was 53 out of 183 in my age group. I'm really happy with that. Keith's official time was 3:13:51. He placed 79 out of 1962. He was 16 out of 82 in his age group. Apparently he curled up in a ball and cried a little when he was finished because he hurt so bad. He has now sworn off running anything over a 10k. I'm hurting now. I'm glad it's done, but I know I'll do another one in the future.

[krnaturalphoto]

Global running day scavenger hunt. @southerntierrunningclub #STRC #globalrunningday #wineglassmarathon #roadmarkings (at Centerway Square)

[intotherun-blog]

My journey to BQ starts next week! #bostonorbust #runnerscommunity #brooklynrunning #wineglassmarathon

Step two: choose a good training plan - and stick with it! I'm going with Pfitzinger's 70 miles or less 24 week schedule from his book Advanced Marathoning. This book is a classic and I highly recommend it for the training science alone. It presents 12, 18, and 24 week schedules for 55 miles or less, 70 miles or less, and more than 70 miles a week. There's also a multiple marathoning section. Here's an example week from my first week: Monday: rest or cross Tuesday: 7 miles with 10 x 100m strides Wednesday: 10 miles Thursday: recovery 5 Friday: 10 miles Saturday: recovery 5 Sunday: long run - 13 miles Today I'm going out and running for fun. Probably 10 miles, but I still have freedom from the plan so we'll see how it feels. Run wild!

[simi-run-blog]

Flat Dane is ready for the #wineglassmarathon!