Welcome:

The Bucks County Speedsters is a group of runners

that meets
twice a week to work on our speed,

strength, stamina, and
overall performance. Our goal

is to improve runners of all
levels. We encourage

anyone interested in running to come
out to one of

our workouts and see for yourself that in our


community everyone is welcomed and with our

guidance and
your hard work, together we will aspire

to make you
faster. We hope that you will lace up

your running
sneakers and meet up with us someday

soon.



"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams"


-Henry David Thoreau

Monday, November 18, 2013

Another Try


     Yesterday I attempted to break 3 hours at the Philadelphia Marathon.  I started the race, but dropped out around mile 14 due to some bad GI issues.  It was the first time in my 20+ years of racing (swimming and running) that I have never finished a race I started.  I was upset and mad yesterday.  Months and weeks of training and race day comes and goes without achieving your goal.  Yes, I did have my own pity party. 
As the day went on (and even today), I had to remind myself to stop feeling sorry for myself.  There is nothing that can be done or changed.  And there’s always another race.  I also realized that this is not the end of the world and our life (Chris’ and I) is pretty good compared to others.

    We were watching the broadcast of the 2013 Hawaii Ironman and they highlight different age group athletes.  The stories vary from a father/daughter team trying to finish together, amputee athletes, Hines Ward finishing, and others.  There was one story this year that made me realize to suck up yesterday’s race and move on.  It was about a father and his family, which lost their little girl to the Sandy Hook Shootings.  He wanted to finish the Hawaii Ironman to show his family that life does go on and they have to try and move on too. 
I’ve put in too much training to just end my quest.  We found that the Northern Central Trail 

   Marathon in Maryland is on November 30th and heading there in 2 weeks.  Hopefully I’ll have better luck. 


   Allyson

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