About that New Years resolution? Well things have changed which means that I am going easy this month. I tend to try and do as little work as possible to get something done. I'm just not naturally high-energy although I have improved since the juice feast.
This month I am going to train for my half marathon. This basically means I am going to post my schedule and stick with it!
My mother-in-law called me up yesterday and asked if I was interested in running a half with them in April. I froze. I know I can do hard things, I have proved it before in the past with juice feasting and my 10k but we were talking about going from 2 miles (which is what I can run now) to 13.1 miles by April 28th! Visions of crapping in my pants while running and sweaty, messy me popped into my mind. I knew I could train for a half but I didn't know if I could train for a half on such a strict schedule.
So naturally I said, Sign me up! I think that night's dinner of potato tacos had seriously messed me up somehow. I mean, what was I thinking?! A half?!
Then I got pumped. I can totally do this! Yes, it will be hard and there will be many days where I want to just quit. Then there will be days where I actually shiz my pants from running and my sides will feel like they are splitting open as if I have a baby alien inside of me waiting to punch through my thoracic cavity.
But in the end, my motto will be:
And it's true. I have done plenty of hard things in my life so why not this? Why couldn't I do this?
So here is a training schedule I found online
Week | Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Friday | Sat | Sun | Total Miles Run |
1 | 2 miles | Rest | 2.5 miles | Rest | 3 miles | 2 easy miles | Rest | 9.5 miles |
2 | 2 miles | Rest | 3 miles | CT or Rest | 4 miles | 2.5 easy miles | Rest | 11.5 miles |
3 | 2.5 miles | 2 miles | 3 miles | CT or Rest | 5 miles | 2 easy miles | Rest | 14.5 miles |
4 | 3 miles | Rest | 4 miles | CT or Rest | 6 miles | 3 easy miles | Rest | 16 miles |
5 | 3 miles | 3 miles | 3 miles | CT or Rest | 7 miles | 3 easy miles | Rest | 19 miles |
6 | 4 miles | 3 miles | 4 miles | CT or Rest | 8 miles | 3 easy miles | Rest | 22 miles |
7 | 4 miles | Rest | 4 miles | CT or Rest | 9 miles | 3 easy miles | Rest | 20 miles |
8 | 4 miles | 3 miles | 3 miles | CT or Rest | 10 miles | 3 easy miles | Rest | 23 miles |
9 | 5 miles | 3 miles | 4 miles | CT or Rest | 11 miles | Rest | Rest | 23 miles |
10 | 4 miles | Rest | 3 miles | CT or Rest | 12 miles | 3 easy miles | 3 easy miles | 25 miles |
11 | 4 miles | Rest | 3 miles | CT or Rest | 5 miles | 2.5 easy miles | Rest | 14.5 miles |
12 | 2 miles | 20 minutes | Rest | 20 minutes | Race Day! 13.1 miles | Rest | Rest | 15.1 miles + 40 minutes |
So there you have it. My life for the next 12 weeks. I'm excited to get back to running which is really what this blog is about (among other things).
2 comments:
Way to go Jessica! That will be awesome and I tell you it's a great way to get into shape! As hard as it was it was worth it and a great experience for me and then I got hooked. Cannot wait to see you in a couple of weeks!! We are so excited! It will be a break that is well needed.
I actually wrote up that training schedule for my mom and Kelsey last week. I am glad to see it is being put to great use. :) It almost killed me not to be running along with all of you, but I will be cheering for you! You can do hard things!
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