Mark your calendars….May 3 and May 4th. Why are we marking our calendars? Well, I have been advised of a half marathon
that takes place that weekend in a nearby town. The Frederick Half Marathon (Frederick Maryland) Special thanks to Deb over at DebsDailyLife for alerting me of this event and offering to virtually train for it with me! I’ve been toying with the half marathon
thing. So this is the perfect option for me.
It’s not so close that I’ll be struggling to get ready. It’s not too far that I will lose momentum
and or forget about the whole thing. (It’s
about 6 months away).
The actual half marathon is on Sunday the 4th. On Saturday evening they are having a
twilight 5k. If you do both you get an
extra medal…..the nut job medal. Ok, I
have to say that I was REALLY tempted to do it.
How funny is that???? “Nut Job”????? But then I started to think about the fact
that this will be my first half marathon (I still can’t believe that I’m
seriously contemplating this…it seems surreal). As much as I think it would be a HOOT to
have a nut job medal, I think I’m only going to do the half marathon. I think that will be a challenge enough for
me at this time. (Thoughts????? Should I pass or should I attempt???)
The thing that concerns me is the fact that they have a time
limit and sweep the course….a 14 minute pace is where they sweep. Yikes…I’m running about a 13 minute pace
right now. And that’s only between 3-5
miles (Ok ok ok, I’ve only run 5 miles ONCE…..but I did run 5 miles once….) Right before my foot issues started I was
running a 12 minute pace. So unless I pick up some speed in the next 6
months, I will be in serious danger of being swept.
So my thoughts are this.
Spend the next three months working on speed. This will involve running regularly and just trying
to knock my speed by the normal things…. hills and intervals. (we back to those dreaded hills that keep popping up in my exercise....like here when I faced down my nemesis)
That will take me to the beginning of February when I will officially
start training for the half marathon. (Building up endurance will be the name
of the game). After the half marathon,
I can switch my full attention over to the bike and I WILL complete my century
ride next year…fall maybe????
Am I nuts?
So this morning I was supposed to run…and woke up feeling
absolutely miserable. Dang sinus
drainage is killing me. Miserable I tell
you! So what did I do? I stayed in bed. And I also did not pack my gym bag for a post
work run or workout. However, I’m so
excited to have an evening at home by myself (Todd works tonight) to get some
things done. I’ve got a website that is
in dire need of updating. I’ve got blogs
that I am so far behind in reading. I’ve
got a story that I promised a friend for a podcast….I promised it eons ago, and
while I have the story plot in my head, it hasn’t been written. OOPS.
So tonight is a ‘reset’ trying to get myself back on track and not so
far behind on these things. Maybe that’s
a good thing also. Balance!!!!!
Balance is good, but I have goals and plans….which means I
have to RUN!