I have been remiss in updating my blog about my half marathon training. So here is a review of the past 2 weeks.
Week 8 was horrid! I was overwhelmed and felt sluggish, slow, and lazy. My workouts were:
Monday 7/12/10 Run - VBS to Mill Stream to home - 4.02 miles 13:49 pace
Felt good - first run outside that far.
Thursday 7/15/10 Run - Treadmill - 3 miles 12:39 pace
I missed 2 days prior and it was hard to get back - but I did. Saturday 7/17/10 Run/Walk - Fort Hill Loop Trail - 4.5 miles 13:46 pace
After climbing 136 stairs I ran/walked the off road dirt trail - 6 times around the loop - distance is estimated. Hot, hot, hot...and humid. It was fun to do a trail - something different!
Monday 7/19/10 Run - Treadmill 5 miles 13:02 pace
Felt GREAT! I thought that I would NEVER get past 4 miles...but I did and I felt POWERFUL! Yeah!
Tuesday 7/20/10 Run - Treadmill 3 miles 12:20 pace
Good Run!
Thursday 7/22/10 Run - Treadmill - 3 miles 12:35 pace
I felt slow and stiff...my legs felt like bricks.
Saturday 7/24/10 Run - Lake to Lake to Bagley to Front - 3.3 miles 14:03 pace
Hot, Hot, Hot...Humid - it felt like I had been transported into a tropical rainforest. Slow, but did it.
Sunday 7/25/10 Run/Walk - Lake to Lake to Big Creek to Main St. - 6.85 miles 14:13 pace
I planning to do a 6 mile loop - but when I got home, I mapped it, because of a road closed, it ended up being 6.85 miles. It was hard and I was so SORE that night - but the next day the achiness was pretty much gone! And it was such a high to accomplish a distance that I have NEVER done before!
I am finding that SO much of this is mental. Overcoming my negative self-talk and feeling overwhelmed is truly the biggest hurdles!
If anyone has any tips about creating a positve mental attitude for my training, please share!
