So Saturday I did a mile in 16 minutes for the third time. Yeah for me, give me a cookie. I am still wheezing more than I would like and my shins hurt (more stretching), but I am making progress and seem to working towards that 1.5 mile goal.
I know I want to do the San Diego Marathon (May 31st) and that's 26.2 miles. When I trained last time, the most we ever trained to was 22 miles and that was two weeks before the event. So, I worked my way backwards from there to come up with this wonderful graph:
Hmm..a little small but working in increments of two weeks, I need to be at 4 miles by the end of December and increase 1 mile per week after that. Not entirely impossible.
So, I'll keep this graph going and post the progress. Now that I see it, I am not as intimidated as I was when I decided to start this thing.
I was checking around and there is a Half Marathon in April in Atlanta, so I may go and visit my sister and compete. Pam -this is your notice that I might be popping by. If I do, please be prepared to make that Chicken Pesto Pizza- it looked delicious. For the recipe, check out her blog at adailycowboy.blogspot.com.
Weekend went ok. Went to my Dad's for his birthday and watched a lot of sports on TV. Going to the gym tonight to try for 1.5 miles. Let's see if my shins hold up.
2 comments:
Your room will be ready! And your pizza! Fun. You know I live in the boonies now...well, about 45 min from downtown. But I will gladly chaffeur you so I can watch someone else do the exercise.
i too have severe shin issues. may be time for a new pair a running shoes. there's a great place in pleasanton, on main st. called fleet shoes. did you know that you are supposed to get a running shoe 1-2 sizes bigger than your regular size? I wear a size 6 1/2, but the shoe guy fitted me in an 8! they do fell good though. I got Asics.
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