Tuesday 8/3:
It's official. I am registered to run a half-marathon on Sunday, October 17th. I cannot officially begin my training until the doctor clears me for exercise on August 16th. To say I'm nervous would be putting it lightly. But, it truly is a mental game. I know I have the physical ability and that our legs can carry us much farther than our mind believes we can.
I am printing the race map and it is going up on the bathroom mirror today, to keep motivated and gear up mentally. I am also going to print my training program, that I am pulling from the book "Marathon" by Hal Higdon.
Thursday the hunt is on for affordable, yet quality, running shoes for this ultra-flat-footed girl!
Thursday 8/5:
Picked up the kicks. They are Nike's, and I got them at the outlet mall. Nervous about that. I have been wearing Aasics for years, but they just aren't in the budget at the moment.
Picked up a digital watch. Also from the outlet. Very basic, but I wanted something with a digital readout and a stop watch. For the next week I am using it to track my time goal for my walks. Then I will be using it to check my pace and mapping my runs ahead of time.
I am excited about the potential to run along the Mississippi! In the next week or so I plan to seek out some good running/marathoning blogs.
Sunday 8/8:
I am not as nervous about the half-marathon as I was last week. Now I am just genuinely excited to get out on my first postpartum run next week! I realize that 13.1 miles is not that far and that it is okay to stop and walk.
That's it for this week on the marathoning topic!
I will print the map out as well! This should keep me motivated too. I need to invest in some new shoes as well...couple more weekends and I will get to go shopping for some! I can't wait!!!
ReplyDeleteYay! I'm so excited that we will accomplish this together!
ReplyDeleteLove all the motivational tools you are using! Very great ideas.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of Nikes are they? Some of their running shoes are really awesome and last a long time!
Thanks, Mon! I actually don't know which Nikes they are, I threw the box away already. But I did my first 3.5 mile run today and they felt really good! We'll see how things progress. I have nothing against Nike, just very used to my Aasics!
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