Yep, I have decided to train for another half marathon this year! For those of you who don’t know, I finished my 1st half-marathon this past February. Some of the ladies and I finished the Disney Princess Half-Marathon (so much fun by the way!!). We didn’t go for time, as we just wanted to finish! Here is a pic of all of us afterwards.
After I crossed this off my bucket list, I realized that I was hooked… So when my friend, Ana, mentioned running the Atlanta Half, I immediately said, “yes, please!” I have always wanted to run the Thanksgiving Day half-marathon, so I can really earn my Thanksgiving feast! Yes, I said feast! Dietitians have to splurge sometimes, too… 😉 And here we are a little over 9 weeks out from the race! So, here is my training schedule:WeekMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday1 (9/17-9/23)Strength TrainCyclingRestRun 3 milesCycling/Run 3-4 miles5 milesRest2 (9/24-9/30)Strength TrainCycling or Run 3-4 milesStrength TrainRun 3-4 milesCycling/Run 3-4 miles6 milesRest3 (10/1 – 10/7)Strength TrainCycling or Run 4-5 milesStrength TrainRestCycling or Run 4-5 miles7 milesRest4 (10/8 – 10/14)Strength TrainCycling or Run 4-5 milesStrength TrainRest8 milesRestStrength/Cross5 (10/15-10/21)Strength TrainCycling or Run 4-5 milesStrength TrainCycling/Run 3-4 milesCycling or Run 4-5 miles10 milesRest6 (10/22-10/28)Strength TrainRun 5-6 milesStrength TrainCycling/Run 3-4 milesRun 5-6 miles12 milesRest7 (10/29-11/4)Strength TrainRun 5-6 milesStrength TrainCycling/Run 3-4 milesRest13 milesRest8 (11/5-11/11)Strength TrainRun 5-6 milesStrength TrainCycling/Run 3-4 milesRest14 milesRest9 (11/12 – 11/18)Strength TrainRun 6 milesStrength TrainCycling/Run 3-4 milesRest12 milesRest10 (11/19-11/22)Strength Train3-4 milesRESTRACE DAY!!!
I tried to come up with a realistic schedule that was specific, yet flexible. We did the Kaiser Permanente Corporate run/walk last week as sort-of a kick-off to training. We did the 5k in 33 minutes. That wasn’t too bad, but I want to improve my time for this half. Tomorrow is cycling/3-4 mile run day! I put cycling on there as my cross-train day because I feel as if cycling really helped my endurance when running at Disney.
Writing this blog post will help keep me accountable for my training. I am typically pretty good at keeping a regular workout schedule, but sometimes there are just “other” things to do 🙂
Let the countdown begin…
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