Ready To Go

One day to go and all looks well for Sunday's half marathon. It has been raining for three days straight but the forecast calls for showers to end Saturday and race day low of 47 and high of 56, so good running conditions as long as we don't get any rain. I am shooting for a sub 2:10 time for my first half, and will be a bit disappointed if I come in over 2:15. I will take some photos and video along the run and post Sunday night.

One week to go

One week to go to the half marathon and then after a week of leisure at the beach the real training begins for Augusta this fall. I started with the idea of working on my worst discipline, running, and getting that base out of the way first. I can now say that I feel like this has been a good start to what will be challenging season this year. Employing some speeedwork for the first time ever in my running has allowed me to get my miles per minute average down below 10 min on all my runs, so I am shooting for a 2:15 half, and if I feel good I will pick it up at the end and try for 2:10. Overall my running and my attitude towards running has greatly improved in the past three months and I am actually enjoying it now.
My training has been on par and I had my first double digit run a week ago of 11 miles in 1h 55min. This last week is a few 2-3 milers with intervals to keep the legs fresh, then the ING Atlanta half marathon on Sunday.