The thought of registering for a half-marathon is still lingering in my mind. After my 6 mile run on Sunday I'm feeling pretty inspired to go for it....
Then this morning I woke up at 4AM to head to the gym for my Tuesday run. It was a struggle to get through 4 miles. Blah. In analyzing the whole scene:
1. I didn't warm up
2. I started faster quicker.
I didn't warm up because I felt like I was in a time crunch because I got there 15 minutes later than normal. When I woke up at 4:10 I hesitated, rolled over, but then realized I couldn't sleep so I might as well just get up and go. And I started faster quicker because of the time crunch that I was feeling. I wanted to get in at least 4 miles before I had to get home, shower, blow dry, style, breakfast, get dressed, & drive to work in the snow.
So lesson learned, don't hesitate, just get up & go. As of now, I'm planning on doing a long run on Saturday, hopefully at least 7 miles. Seven miles is not a reasonable goal for training. Technically 6.6 miles should be my goal. But getting to 7 is only going to take me approximately 5 minutes longer to run, so why not? Well, we shall see on Saturday I suppose.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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:) come on.. you can do it.. :) u can do it.. you can do it!!! I'm running my first half in June.. when is your race? we'll support each other
It's May 30th, PLENTY of time! :)
Problem is living in Wisconsin where outside is icy/dangerous, and treadmill can suck the life out of me! I'm going to see how I do this Saturday, I have until March 31st to register.
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