With this being my final week before my first ever half marathon, one is starting to semi freak out! Don't get me wrong...training has been going okay and I can't thank those who've helped me along the way enough, it's just that until I've actually done this and crossed that finish line, that little voice in the back of my head is going to keep telling me that I could of done more...trained a little better and harder, I shouldn't of slacked when I did and dragged myself out of bed more often for those early morning runs. I know, I know....I should just tell this voice to Shut UP!!!!
Since the last time I wrote, I told you that me and training were not going to happen for a little while and well, I was right. Between last Thursday morning and Monday evening the only type of workout that I got was walking. I know that I should of gotten in a run....or like my so-called half marathon training schedule would say...a 8 miler! But like I knew going into this past weekend, that was not going to happen. And as for going on any long runs...besides my 6 milers, I didn't do any...which is another reason that I'm starting to freak out. I'm afraid that once I past the 6 mile marker, I'm going to pass out! Granted, I know that I should be fine and that there will be medical assistance if I need it (which hopefully I won't...unless one of them just happens to be a really cute guy!) but one can't help but think it.
I've been told by some of my fellow runners that I WILL be fine and that I have nothing to worry about. I should just go out there and have FUN! Don't worry about what my finish time will be, to use this run as a base line time for what I have to beat the next time I run a half marathon.....wait, what...another half marathon after this one. Well, I know that running is somewhat addictive but I didn't realize that I'd be running more than one half marathon in my lifetime!
On Tuesday I joined my running group for our usual run but with this week only being days before by half marathon, I knew that I needed to get in as many miles as possible. After our mini warm up walk, away we went hitting the pavement. When we reached the top of our first mini hill and turned the corner for the loop around, I'd taken the lead and just kept on going. Before I knew it I was all by myself and the next thing I knew, I was passing by my fellow runners. By the time we were done, they'd run 3 miles, where I'd run 3.7 miles....yep, nothing like going that little extra!
At the end of class, I was talking to two of the teachers/coaches about possibly doing a 6 mile run on Thursday (again...that little voice was nagging me for not getting any runs in since last week) but when those words came out of my mouth, the only thing that I heard was "NO"! Apparently this was not a good idea, especially with it being so close to my actual race day. So in the end, it was decided that if I was to go for a run....it was to only be anywhere between 3-4 miles. Fine!
Today, I thought I'd take an easy and rest my legs a little bit and incorporate something from my tri training. I hit the pool for some laps! This week here started our second month of training..what, second month...where the heck did the first month go! Anyways, today's pool assignment was swim 75 meters 8-10 times and let me tell you, by the time I was starting number eight my arms were starting to get tired. Needless to say, I only did eight...let's see if I can make it to ten!
Stay tuned to see how the rest of my final week turns out!!!!!!!!
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