Do or Do Not, There is no try.
Mar. 26th, 2012 09:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I finished week 7 of my half marathon training yesterday - a real milestone because I am officially more than halfway to half marathon mileage and the longest distance I have every run (previously the longest distance was 10K).
I had a moment last week, running one of my shorter mid-week runs, when I realized very viscerally that I could totally run the half marathon. Up until yesterday every run has been very good, if slow - I end each run feeling great, haven't had any injuries, and am generally enjoying myself. Yesterday was the first run thus far that I really felt tired and sore after. In addition to being the longest run so far, it came a week after a ramping down of the program for a 5K race.
I usually don't run with other people or run without music, but yesterday Clark went with me and we kept a pace we could talk at as we ran up to Maple Bluff and back - part of the half marathon race route.
As you can see by the chart, I'm over half-way done - but the Madison Half Marathon isn't until the end of May, so from this week out I will be doing each week twice, so that the plan lines up with race day. Next week Clark and I are thinking of running out to Picnic Point and back.
I had a moment last week, running one of my shorter mid-week runs, when I realized very viscerally that I could totally run the half marathon. Up until yesterday every run has been very good, if slow - I end each run feeling great, haven't had any injuries, and am generally enjoying myself. Yesterday was the first run thus far that I really felt tired and sore after. In addition to being the longest run so far, it came a week after a ramping down of the program for a 5K race.
I usually don't run with other people or run without music, but yesterday Clark went with me and we kept a pace we could talk at as we ran up to Maple Bluff and back - part of the half marathon race route.
As you can see by the chart, I'm over half-way done - but the Madison Half Marathon isn't until the end of May, so from this week out I will be doing each week twice, so that the plan lines up with race day. Next week Clark and I are thinking of running out to Picnic Point and back.
