Today was the end of my first week of training. I feel great! I've taken it a little slow, don't want to overdo it in my first week and have to stop. But I feel good. I've got a friend who's walking with me for my training and I'm really excited about having someone who's willing to be up at 6am with me every morning! It's helping me stay motivated, and we always have great conversations.
I started this week with big ambitions for the rest of my training. Maybe a little too big. my year-long training plan had me scheduled to be running 13 miles every day from October through June. In my excitement and - I admit - lack of knowledge, I thought this was a good idea. It would help me make sure that I could actually run the 13 miles when the time came. If I was running 13 miles every day anyway, the half marathon would be no problem!
Okay, so I was a little carried away by my excitement for this goal.
Over the course of the week I've been continuing my research and refining the training schedule. I've come to the realization that 13 miles is a half marathon - and something people only do about once a quarter - for a reason. It's a lot of miles! To do that every day would A) take a while, B) increase my chances of hurting myself or burning out, and C) make finishing the half marathon less of a victory.
For those reasons, and mostly because it was a bad idea bred from overzealousness in the first place, I've altered my training plan. A part of me is sad about not following my original plan, but a bigger part of me is excited to have a refined plan that's going to work better for me long term.
It's HappyHealthy day 349, and training day 7, and it's going to be a super awesome day.
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