Feb 21 | Michael Wardian :: USATF 50K National Championships, Huntington, NY

By The North Face

Michael Wardian is racing the USATF 50k National Championship this weekend in Huntington NY and we checked in with him for an update.

This is a nice low-key, hometown race put on by the terrific people of the Greater Long Island Running Club.  I have been a bit of a fixture at the race since 2008, when I won the event for the first time.

I feel like each year there are so many events that I would like to try and experiences that I would like to have but the good people of Long Island always ask for me to come back and give it another go and I can't let them down so each year, I mark the first weekend in March on my calendar and each time I get to enjoy their cheers as I race around the park battling wind, weather and the competition.
 
I have been fortunate and have since won the race four times: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, I ended up 2nd in 2012 to a very solid athlete and I hope we get to race each other again in 2013.

During those years, I established the current course record of 2:55:05 and have been hoping to break that record since but each year I am just a little short.
 
I am also hoping if I can post a nice time and finish well, I might be considered for the USATF 50K World Team for Team USA of which I was a member in 2009, 2010.
 
All that said, 2012 was a tough year for me and my family, we have some issues with one of our children and also I suffered a number of injuries (stress fractures, hernias, plantar factious, bike crash) that left me sidelined from running.  It was a tough time but also a time when I made some changes and did a lot of cross training that I think will allow me to keep running for years.
 
I am still testing the running legs, lungs and heart as I have just be able to start training again in early 2013 and I am unsure just how the 2013 USATF 50K Championships will go but I am going to give it my all and see just how it shakes out.
 
I am so thankful for every run I do and I will be sure to let you know how it goes. 

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