Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Half marathon training!
Now onto half marathon training talk. I found a 12 week program. Now my half-marathon is actually going to be in April, so that is 5 months away. So I should be very prepared for it.... I'll have to maintain my fitness for awhile, but I am totally ok with running some extra long distance for an extended period of time. I hope to get my milage up, and then maybe even start to work on some speed. See if I can get this thing done in under 2 hours. Not likely..... but a girl can try! :)
For my 12 week progam, I am actually going to start on week 5. The first 4 weeks are basically the same milage I have been maintaining for the last 2 months so I dont think I am going to start over.... I guess you could say then, that I have been training for my half-marathon since the end of October! haha! I might find a different one to attempt earlier in the 2012 year.
Well enough for now. I need to get back to work! Catch you in a few days.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Wet and Rainy November...
Thursday, November 24, 2011
A bunch of running!
I ran the greenlake gobble 5K, which proved to be a blast and I beat the time for my previous 5K by 1 minute. I have my next 5K coming up in about 2 weeks and that I hope I will be able to shave off even 1 more minute from my time.
I still had to walk for a little bit in it because I was pushing myself pretty hard. I think if I can push myself to the same speed and not allow myself to walk and to keep pushing on, I think I should be able to clear off a minute from my time. I hope!
Today I hit a trail run for the first time. It was a blast and I plan to add one in every week on either a Saturday or a Sunday.
Sorry I have been so bad about writing, but I will be better. For now -- Happy Thanksgiving and I will catch up with you later.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Oh where were my running legs?
Although, I did download twilight on audio to listen to on my repetitive grinds of winter runs. That was actually pretty nice!
Need to pick up the distance for the rest of the month! It is going to be a tall order to hit my 80 total miles goal for the month.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Running in the dark!
Well after my plowing against the rain and wind for 3 miserably slow miles, the power went out. Now I am already running in the dark, but with house lighting and street lighting, it really isn't toooo dark. I had decided not to bring my head lamp today because with the pouring rain, it just reflects and makes it HARDER to see. But now I am out.. in the middle of a pitch black neighborhood without any lighting. --- with 2 scheduled miles to go.
I start to walk a little bit... let my eyes adjust to the new pitch-blackness which is my running route. After about a minute I start to slowly jog... get a little bit down the street and slip on a pile of leaves and fall on my face.
Needless to say, I did not finish my last two scheduled miles and went straight home.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Long run and plans for the future
Tonight I had a late night run. Started my trek at about 8:30... But suprisingly the moon was full and bright without a cloud in sight.. I put in an easy 4.5 mile run.
12k in a month
2012 is the year of the half marathon
2013 is the year of the marathon
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Hard run...
Today I was up at the track with my father-in-law. Ran about 4.75 miles with our last mile being the fastest. I find that I have a harder time continuing to run at the track compared to when I do my normal street running. My legs tend to hurt a little more too... But I think I just push myself harder.
On a side note today, I think I am officially getting to the point where running seems more natural then walking. I find myself running to my car in the morning. Running across the street to safeway. Jogging in place when I have a minute.... Etc... I never thought the day would come.. But running is more natural then running!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
3.2? Easy!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Been a few months...
For some reason I only seem to be able to maintain my energy for one month! Then I have a nice month of sitting on my butt and totally regressing in everything that I just worked for the prior month. So August = Running strong and September = Well not much of anything.
October was a GREAT month for me. I regained my enthusiasm and ran 57 miles the whole month. This puts October as the highest mileage month since I have begun running. For the month of November, I have vowed to not loose my momentum and to keep running! My goal is a 80 mile month, maintaining a 20 mile a week base. In December my goal is 100 miles month with 25 mile per week base.
In October I ran my first 5 mile race. I participated in the black cat run in Tacoma, Wa. It was a blast and I finished with flying colors which really boosted my confidence. I am taking a break from races for the month of November but in December I will be doing a jungle bell run 5K and my first 12K race. In January I have 2 5K races on the schedule.
I hope to finish out 2011 strong and have a twice as amazing running season in 2012. All starting with my resolution run on January first! :)
I will attempt to start diligently logging each run from this day forth. But no guarantees.
Night! -- Mo