It’s been a while since I did a half marathon update! Actually it’s been a while since I did any sort of update. I’ve been pretty lazy busy with career-type stuff so I’ve let blogging fall by the wayside.
So my training update – I’m seven weeks away from the half marathon and I still haven’t done a long run – I should have done 8 miles and 9.5 miles by now. I took a week off entirely two weeks ago, and that seems to have recharged my batteries a bit.
That, or my cool new shoes. It’s my second pair of Mizunos, and my third pair of running shoes ever. I knew the last pair I got wasn’t going to cut it, so I bought these these Mizuno Wave Rider 15s to replace them.
I have particular fondness for Mizuno – not only are they are super-supportive (I pronate), but the employees from the headquarters in Osaka came to my school for English lessons. I will never forget one lady in particular who told the funniest stories using broken English and charades. In fact, I told one of her stories to 유씨 a couple of days ago and he laughed too.
I also started a new round of P90X with my sister, her husband, and 유씨 two weeks ago – 5:15am every morning. I’m so proud of all of us, and really grateful to my sis and BIL for committing to this, because it makes me get out of bed and down to the gym.
I skip Plyo X and Kenpo for runs – when our team does those workouts, I’m on the treadmill. That means I’m only getting two runs in every week instead of three. I tried to get a run in on Sunday and regretted it! I need a rest day. NEED.
BUT
I’m not going to worry about it. I’m doing my best, forgetting the rest…
Here’s the results for this week:
I think that’s respectable – not the total mileage I want, but I am seeing improvements. I’ve gone back to using Couch-to-10K and I think that’s helped a lot! It’s easier to run for 10 minutes straight if I know I will get a minute to walk. And if I need to take an extra minute to walk at the beginning or end of the running interval, I just do.
I’ll have to be satisfied with running twice a week, though, because Sunday just isn’t going to happen again.
How is your training going, running blog buddies?
Nice kicks! And damn, 5 am work outs?! You are amazing!
I just did my first 5K so your mileage is totally inspirational to me! Not to mention your pace – I got close to that this past weekend and was ecstatic! I have a newer link party – Tips and Tricks Tuesday – where people link up old or new post
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You are amazing!!! We are all proud of you!!!!!
Looks like your training is going good! I have finally found a great workout buddy who is really helping to push me and now I am training for my first 5k!