Follow along with me as I share my half marathon journey – I’ll be running my second half in Pittsburgh this May – with weekly updates. (Enter disclaimer text)
When you have a goal in mind…big things happen. And when you have God on your side? Those things are even bigger. This week wasn’t my fastest week ever, but it was a week full of heart.
Training Plan Status
Saturday 4/8: Oh, what a glorious day for a run! It was Evan’s soccer opening day but cold and wet in the morning so I held out until the afternoon. Thankfully my family met me on the trail twice with water because that sun came OUT. In fact, I have a not so lovely tan line from where my sunscreen wasn’t applied and the sun hit my back. Oops. And the shin? No pain. None. Nada. Zilch. Feeling so good. (Well…minus breaking in the new shoes and getting a heal blister – time for larger socks! – and realizing my broken toe from 2013 still hasn’t healed properly. Oops.) Distance: 9 miles Pace: 13’15” (that’s -23 seconds per mile from last week!)
Sunday 4/9: Rode to Wisconsin and it was my birthday.
Monday 4/10: The hills were alive in Wisconsin. I used Map My Run and found a 4-mile path from the resort but it was more hill than I wanted to do. It was also almost 65 degrees at 8 in the morning and I was feeling it. This one included some getting lost and more walking than I’d done in a while. But that pace is a thing! Distance: 4 miles Pace: 13’14”
Tuesday 4/11: You sometimes have to live. Today I lived and celebrated my birthday because Sunday wasn’t a great one. My exercise was walking around a zoo and feeding my belly with Wisconsin goodies.
Wednesday 4/12: This time I conquered the path from Map My Run and did the whole four miles as prescribed. Up hills. Down hills. Up again. In the cold. I mean 30 degrees and the only thing I had on me for running was a pair of capris and some tank tops cold. Thank goodness I was willing to wear a hoodie because cold. But it moved me. And I spent some time talking to God about this whole running thing. I mean, who gets up on vacation and gladly runs four miles in the cold? A committed me. Distance: 4 miles Pace: 13’04”
Thursday 4/13: Back home for YFit. Just when you think that the workout wasn’t that bad, the cash out is to run a mile and do 100 weighted sit-ups. Kiera gave the option for us to stay inside and do something on a machine if we didn’t want to run – and because I didn’t have my new shoes with me and am pretty convinced the shin splint is from my worn out shoes I had on me at YFit, I stayed inside and did my cash out on the bike (1 mile) then because I felt like I’d wimped out of running did 400 on the treadmill in 2:45 (so under an 11-minute mile pace). It still hurts to cough or laugh after those sit ups.
Friday 4/7: Rested but played some soccer with Evan.
Current Progress
February Miles (follow me on Nike+): 35.91
February Average Pace: 13:32
March Miles: 60.05
March Average Pace: 13’21”
April Miles: 31.01
April Average Pace: 13’21” (-10 seconds from last week)
Current Projected Finish Time: 2:55 (+2 minutes from 2013 pace of 13:13 / 2:53)
What’s coming up next? 10 miles tomorrow!
+
If you’re running in the 2017 Pittsburgh Marathon events, let me know. Be sure to follow along on my social media – I’ll be using #fitmomintheremaking #pghmarathon and #runpgh with my shares!
Read the rest of this series:
My Half Marathon Journey: Part 1 (March 3)
My Half Marathon Journey: Part 2 (March 10)
My Half Marathon Journey: Part 3 (March 17)
My Half Marathon Journey: Part 4 and 5 (March 31)
My Half Marathon Journey: Part 6 (April 7)
Read other Pittsburgh Running Blogs through Steff’s linkup: Run Steff Run
One thought on “My Half Marathon Journey: Part 7”