Young Party of Four

It's official! We both get to say that we are half-marathoners. 13.1 miles is no joke. There have been a few times that we have walked that equivalent throughout a day (though it is rare because that is a LOT of walking and you are hard pressed to randomly walk that amount in a day even if you are on a mission), but to purposely try to complete it in a set amount of time all at once... that is some serious stuff. The week leading up to the race was nerve racking for me. I ended up having what I think was my plantar fascitis flare up the Sunday before the race after our last 6 mile training run. It was bad. I developed it a few years back when we lived in a house with almost all tile and it comes and goes randomly depending on activities I have done or shoes I have worn. It hasn't bothered me at all though during training until a week ago. Because of course it would show up a week out from race day. Why the heck not? Let's liven up the mood a little. Freaking heel. As a...

New decision made. I'm only blogging actual run days from here on out. Those added days are just taking up my time and since this is mostly to look back at myself and see how I did (and no one else is likely to ever read them), I'm not writing about those anymore. This is officially our "off week." We literally have two 3 mile runs... and that is it. Not complaining. I need an off week. I'm glad that Track Shack threw this one in there. Tuesday Plan: 3 Miles, Actual: 3.12 Miles Technically, I probably should have run 3.4 miles in order to make up for the .4 that I missed last week... but I didn't. So, that's that. It was actually a great run though. I ended up finishing with a 12:35 pace which ended up being my fastest pace using the 1:1 intervals so far. It just felt like a good run too. I find these shorter runs are definitely becoming easier. I would have liked a slightly cooler morning though. Fall can come at any time. I have taken to just doing a...

Week 5! Can't believe it. After this week, we have a week "off" with no long run on the weekend so I am looking forward to that. Just because getting these runs in can sometimes be difficult. Next time we train for a half, we may want to consider training for two different ones so our training runs don't have to hit each other. Still not sure how we are going to handle the 10+ mile runs towards the end when we both have to get them done PLUS run a household with two young children. A lot of Netflix for them, maybe? Who knows. Anyway, this is not the official halfway point, but we are getting so close. And with this week's mileage, total mileage for training will officially top 50 miles. That is crazy to me. I have never run that many miles in such a short time. I'm a casual runner at best so this training has been a stretch for me. I'm mostly enjoying it though and I'm loving being able to say that I have accomplished this so far. Monday Plan: Cross...

Week 4 is here!! After this week we are around 1/3 of the way through the training plan and less than 10 weeks out from race day. I'm getting more and more excited and yet more and more nervous all at the same time. I know I can finish 13.1 miles. I'm just worried about doing it in the time allotted. I should be fine though. I could mostly walk and run a couple minutes each mile while staying under the time allotted. But... on to week 4. Here we go! Monday Plan: Cross Train, Actual: Life Does that count? To just say that I did life that day? Probably not but I'm busy all the time so I'm counting it. Again, another day of 10,000 steps without training. And that even included not doing a ton during baseball practice AND going to worship rehearsal where I pretty much stood in one spot for more than an hour. Honestly, other than those two things and making sure Will stayed out of trouble, I can't even remember what I did that day. Tuesday Plan: 3.5 Miles, Actual:...