officially registered

I am officially registered for the Battleship North Carolina Half Marathon...no turning back now!

November 1, 2009 at 8am in Wilmington, NC

Here is the course map: half marathon course

Training: Week 7

Last week went well, although I have felt so busy and overwhelmed with Brian out of town for training with his new job. I ran 2 miles in the neighborhood on Tuesday. I went into the gym early on Thursday and completed 4.28 miles of speedwork before I had to get ready to work. I will just have to get there earlier next time. My 7.2 mile run on Sunday was good and I was pleased that I wasn't exhausted at the end! My time was 01:26:08.

Here is the plan for this week:

Tuesday - Easy Run
cancelled this week because of work :(

Thursday - Tempo Run

• 1 mile warm up
• 4 miles @ 10:38
• 1 mile cool down

Sunday - Long Run
8 miles @ 12:10

So, I have missed my easy run, but will be going to the gym early to get my tempo run in before work. I am worried about my long run on Sunday because the weather is a little suspect with tropical storm Danny...I will keep my fingers crossed that I will not have to complete 8 miles on the dreadmill!

Training: Week 6

This week is going good so far. On Tuesday I ran my 2 miles in the 'hood and tomorrow I have 6 miles of speedwork...not my favorite, but a necessary evil.

Here is the plan for the week:

Tuesday
Easy Run - 2 miles @ 12:10

Thursday - Speedwork

• 1 mile warm up
• 3 x 1600m @ 9:57 with 800m jogs
• cool down

Sunday - Long Run
7.2 miles @ 12:10

Here is my planned route for Sunday: WB 7.2 miles

I want to run early, have a yummy breakfast, then hit the beach for some chill time. The waves should be HUGE this weekend because of Hurricane Bill...and I need some sun!

sunday, sunday!

Well, with a banana power muffin and 3 ShotBloks fueling me, I finished my 6.5 mile run in 01:11:50...half of the half marathon! It was a perfect morning at 76 degrees and there was a slight breeze for almost all of my run. I am really happy with my time and performance - a steady pace of around 11 minutes per mile and no walking/recovery breaks.

Thanks to Wrightsville Beach Baptist Church for giving out ICE COLD water...I guess that was my "holy water" this morning.

shopping spree

I did a little shopping today and got some goods for my training...

Balega running socks - my new favorite!

Pink LIVESTRONG visor - since my sunglasses make me feel hot when I run.

CLIF ShotBloks for some energy on my longer runs coming up.

A 13.1 sticker for the Trailblazer - because that's my goal!

And a book that I am really looking forward to reading: The Runner's Body. It breaks down the systems of the body - musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory, metabolic, central nervous, immune - and how each contributes to and is affected by endurance training, specifically running. I'm sure that I am going to be learning some interesting things from my new reading material and I will be sharing some info on here.

7 MILES TOMORROW MORNING!!!

Training: Week 5

This week is thrown off a little bit because of circumstances beyond my control. I will get my mileage in, but I don't think it will be on the original schedule.

The original plan for this week is:

Tuesday
Easy Run - 2 miles @ 12:10

Thursday
Tempo Run - 6 miles total

• 1 mile warm up
  
• 4 miles @ 10:38
  
• 1 mile cool down

Sunday
Long Run - 7 miles @ 12:10

So things are switched around some. I am going to run 2 miles in the morning and plan the rest of the week accordingly...7 miles for sure on Sunday.

brain fart

Well, I had a brain fart yesterday and only ran 2 miles instead of 3. Oh well, 4 on Sunday! I like that the easy runs really are easy...whereas several weeks ago they would have been hard for me.

I have some good friends in town this weekend, so I will be hydrated...just not sure that it will be proper hydration for running. Good thing its only a 4-miler on Sunday!