First Week Recap

Hey everyone,

I just finished my first week of training yesterday! Woo!

Since I started the program mid week, Monday ended up being a sprint workout and Tuesday was more of a track distance workout, but still completed something. My long run yesterday was nice, but I am a little nervous increasing to 5 miles this weekend.

So anyways here are my planned workouts for this week:

Sunday: rest day-group projects are fun!!!

Monday: 3 miles on the treadmill-going to try to make each mile faster than the first w/ abs

Tuesday: Cross train of some sorts: maybe elliptical if one is open? w/ lift

Wednesday: Another 3 miles w/ lift and abs

Thursday: Track workout (or may become a rest day if I have a meeting after class)

Friday: rest (or Thursday's workout)

Saturday: 5 mile long run! (ah, hopefully outside!)

Also, going to try an prepare food for the week today since I have some time later so I'm not eating cookies for dinner like last week...

Also pt. 2 (the return of the Also) Theresa and I are looking into a half marathon at Disney next winter! You run through Epcot and Magic Kingdom...sounds bad!!

So have a great week everyone!

The First Post Anxiety

Hey everyone,

So Theresa has been inspiring that she is training for a half marathon, spending  time on the treadmill watching hours of history channel so I think it's time for me to do something challenging as well! She sent me her training program, which can be found here, and I'm ready to give it a go! 

My relationship with running....

So in high school I was on the track team. I don't even like to say that I "ran" per-say because I was mostly a manager/injured (term used lightly) and avoided workouts at all costs. I hated it to say the least, but continued to do it until senior year. So fast forward to about a year ago...I started running at the gym on the treadmill. Usually just 2 minutes here or there with long walks in between, but that is where it all started. After this summer though, I was running steady 5ks each week mainly on the treadmill and decided that I really do like to run. I ran my first 5k in November that turned into an 8k because of my failure to read signs and was hooked ever since then. 

So now it's time for a challenge. I think this half-marathon is attainable, but will take dedication and time. Runs will probably be indoor for a while until it gets warmer, but I think I can do it. 

And that is where this blog fits in to it all. I'll be using it to keep myself accountable with workouts each week. I'm excited and nervous, but ready for this!