The training plan for Little Rock Marathon called for 18 miles this weekend. However, in order to ramp-up not too quickly, I have been splitting my runs over Friday and Saturday. So 18 miles turned into 6 + 15/16 miles. And even though the miles were slow and long, I learnt some valuable lessons to remind myself when I am in the dumps You don’t have to go Fast, You just have to GoAt first it was daunting. 15 is…
The Beautiful It was a gorgeous foggy morning with some amazing January temperatures. I set out to run 12 miles on my favorite route – the Chattahoochee River Trails. The UglyAbout a mile into the run, something went ‘Ouch’ with my back and it hurt to run. Hurt very badly. But with such amazing beauty around me, I didn’t give up and instead walked 8 miles for a total of 9 miles; even though I missed out on the trail…
Part of the reason I have not been writing as much as I’d like to is because I’ve been in a rut and my head was filled with negative chatter. Its nothing new and I go through cycles of those, But instead of being my sunny self and working through them, I’ve let it affect me on a deeper level. Sickness, on-off mild injuries and life (in this case – LASIK surgery) has fed into the frustration that my training for Little…
My goal for 2013 – Run a 2:30 Half Marathon. That is all.
After the Highlights of 2012 post, I still wanted to do a month-by-month recap of the year. (Although I realize that the only person interested in reading this would be me 🙂 )January: Where I start the Year with a Bang What could be a better start than a PR on Jan 1st? 32:53, that I never imagined of since I was aiming for 34:XX. A 4+ minute PR from last year. I went on to another 5k PR of…
A week of forced rest and sporting Helen Keller glasses – recovering from LASIK surgery! Supposedly takes 2-4 weeks to settle into 20-20 vision. *Fingers Crossed*