Fast forward from last year to this past Monday (9/23/2013), my gchat conversation with my friend Nelly:
sherry chang
nelly!!!!! how are you feeling girl???
Nelly Baez
My quads are cursing me out :)
I got tons of bruises but I am a TRIFECTA woman aroooo10:54 AM
the Super has nothing compared to this one Sherry
this race was the hardest thing I have done in my life so far
i told u that Laura hurt her knee right :(
sherry chang
all those mountains
so i'm guessing you don't wanna do the half marathon then???
LOL!!!!
Nelly Baez
Oh I am doing it :)
i be good next week
i can do anything now lol
sherry chang
lol are you serious?
Nelly Baez
when we were in mile 10 of mountains f$%^&* dying i was like ok if they give me a choice to run right now i will run 10 miles instead lol
sherry chang
ok ... i'm down i promised you i'd do it with u, if you were up to it
Nelly Baez
my quads are hurting right now but they will be ok .. i will start running again Friday
awww thanks Sherry :)
sherry chang
but the half marathon is on oct 6
that's in 2 weeks!
Nelly Baez
yeah i be good in two weeks for it
sherry chang
really!?
okie dokie ... so are we signing up then?
Nelly Baez
yeah we are :)
Awesome. Just awesome. So i'm doing this ... i'm on day 3 of training and my legs aren't liking me very much.
Now, if you can believe it I only started running last year, April 2012. I remember when ONE mile was too much for me. I can hardly believe that I regularly clock 6-8 miles now when I run. But believe it! I'm doing it and if I can do it, anyone can. I NEVER EVER ran until April 2012.
As a matter of fact, I did 2 Spartan Sprints (NY Tristate, June 1 and PA Spring July 13) and a Super Spartan (Sept 7 - as a 33rd birthday gift to myself) and the Run 10 Feed 10 - 10K on September 22nd. Looks like I got bit by the "racing bug". I never thought I would be here. But here I am.
I'm going to blog my training for this Half Marathon ... it's for a really good cause that's close to my heart so I couldn't say no ...
Here's my 2-week training plan for the half marathon (from runner's world):
Day 1 - OFF (Crosstrain - did TRX with Alex)
Day 2 - 5 Miles (It's clear that I have not been training for long runs and that I've only been practicing sprints ... this was a struggle, I wanted to quit at mile 3 (on the treadmill!). It's discouraging when your legs don't have the stamina to go, but if i'm going to run this marathon then, I gotta keep going)
Day 3 (TODAY) - 5 Miles (I actually ran 6.38 miles today. While I didn't struggle as much as I did yesterday, I was still intensely frustrated with my run. I've run 10 miles before and not been as tired as I was on this run. My stamina sucks, gotta get back on track, tomorrow is 8 miles, but I plan on going for somewhere between 8-10 miles if I can.)
I ran 6.38 miles in 58:32, pace 9:10 min/mile
I ran 6.38 miles in 58:32, pace 9:10 min/mile
Wish me luck.
See you tomorrow for a report on Day 4.
xo
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