I finally signed up for my first half marathon. This is kind of old news because I signed up about a month ago but haven't blogged. Between training and taking care of the new puppy we got around the same time, I'm totally exhausted.
The training is going very well. I am following a plan from RunnersWorld.com in which you tell the program what your fastest race time is and how hard you want to train. The system then develops a program based on your time frame and goals. My basic schedule is: long run on Sunday, rest on Monday, medium length run on Tuesday, cross train on Wednesday (I usually do an hour of power yoga for this), speed work on Thursday, easy run on Friday, and cross train on Saturday (usually the bike or elliptical for 45 minutes and then light lifting or core strenthening for 20 minutes). It's been almost 5 weeks and the only day I've "skipped" was yesterday. I didn't go to yoga and planned to do pilates at home but the aforementioned new puppy made that impossible. I did walk for an hour at lunch so at least I got some sort of physical activity in!
Tonight my speedwork run is 7 miles. I'm not looking forward to it since the temperature has dropped from a chilly 45 to a cold 25 overnight :( Hopefully I can power through it. I'm having brinner tonight (pancakes!) so that should be a good source of motivation! My long run this Sunday is going to be 10 miles, which will also be the longest I have ever run. I feel like if I can accomplish it, then some of my anxiety about finishing the half marathon will go away.
I should start pumping myself up for my run tonight: ONLY 7 MORE HOURS UNTIL I CAN GO HOME AND RUN!!!
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