Week 2, Day 1
It is rainy and 72 and one of those days where I want to curl into a ball and sleep or read or do anything but run. But I got up and did it. I'm doing a hybrid of Jeff Galloway and Hal Higdon because last time I trained I did Hal Higdon and it was too intense, but I feel like I can take less than 32 weeks to prepare. Watching the results of the Boston Marathon today I'm not so sure, but I've registered, my fundraising goal is set, and I'm off.
My running days are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, with a long day on Saturday. I want to run a full 26 before I run the marathon but that probably won't happen. That, increasingly, makes me less nervous than it did, say, last week.
I ran 2 and change on the treadmill in the gym last week each of those days (Jeff Galloway prescribes 30 minute training sessions and then a long run), my "Long" run this weekend was 2.94 miles.
30 minutes gets me about 2.14 - 2.25 miles, My "long" run took me about 37 minutes, with 12:40 splits. I'm pretty excited about that. I don't intend on finishing the full with those times, but if I can finish the half with anything like a 13 minute mile I'll be in seventh heaven - and I will be nowhere near the last corral. Totally a goal of mine.
We'll talk about balloon ladies sometime, but for now, just know that on this very dreary, yucky, book kind of a day, I got up and ran.
Because in October, and definitely January, every mile will count.
See you out there!
