Tucson Marathon Relay

Next Sunday, I'm doing something that I've been excited about for months!

I'm going to Tucson with some friends/co-workers to run in the Tucson Marathon Relay. Yay for girls' weekend!

We found a 3 bedroom condo to rent for a night that is fairly near the marathon start. The starting line is actually way up in Oracle, Arizona, and then the 26.2 miles lead you down into Tucson. It's not your typical "out and back" course. According to the website, the course is downhill and can lead to some fast times although it recommends training your quads for all the downhill. The course also starts at 4800 feet elevation and ends at 2700 feet. Maybe my Albuquerque altitude training will pay off.

A marathon relay is still 26.2 miles but you have a "team" that completes the mileage. The legs are as follows: 6.6 miles, 4.2 miles, 8.7 miles and 7 miles. We haven't completely decided who is running what yet, but I'm sure we will figure it out this week. I'm happy running any of the legs so I'll let my teammates pick first. I'm actually hoping to run my "official" leg and then run an extra leg since my long run is 16 miles again next week. We'll see how that works out.

Obviously, I'm really really looking forward to another race after how much fun I had in Tulsa. The running part of it will be inspiring again I hope. What I'm really looking forward to though is heading down to Tucson (it's about a two hour drive) and scoping the course, going to the Expo and then doing some exploring or shopping with the girls. Hopefully we can find a delicious dinner to prepare us for the race on Sunday morning. I can't wait for next weekend!

Here come the Tooth Runners (that's our team name, corny I know)!