Guess what guys!
It’s officially time for me to get back into RACE TRAINING!!!
I’m excited to announce that I will be running the Black Cat Ten Miler on March 2nd. The race is approximately 5 weeks away, which means that this girl has really got to start getting her RUN on!
Would I feel slightly more comfortable if I had a little bit more time to train? Probably, but fortunately, I feel that I have a decent base, and am finally ready to dive head first into training!
For my last long distance race I loosely followed Hal Higdon’s Novice Half-Marathon Plan. Since I had never run anything more than 6 miles at that point, I figured that it would be a good idea for me to follow a well-known plan that has had proven success.
Now that I have one long distance race under my belt, I definitely feel more prepared on what to expect throughout my training and on race day.
The plan I made up is simply a plan that I feel will work for me, considering the time I have and my daily routine. I am not a professional by any means, therefore I would advise you to consult an expert before starting any kind of new fitness plan.
I constructed my plan off of my current schedule, which involves lots of Poise, Zumba and Barreworke classes.
When I trained for my first half-marathon, I barely incorporated any strength training into my plan. I am sure this put me at a disadvantage, so I am very interested to find out how this may enhance my overall performance and recovery time.
Although I am going to try to stay as true to my plan as I can, I know that I won’t be able to follow it to a tee (which I am ok with).
I chose 3 miles as my during the week distance, because I feel that is the most realistic number of miles for me to run after work and on a treadmill.
Which brings me to my next point–most of my runs will be done on the treadmill.
Is this ideal? No, but seeing as the temperatures in New England have been in the single digits this week, and it is dark out by the time I am home from work, it’s just going to have to be that way.
Hopefully we will have some nice weekends (and race day weather!) this way I can log some miles outside too!
I view training plans as a guide, not something that is set in stone. Sometimes life gets in the way, and if I can’t make every single run or class happen, so be it! I’m just excited to finally get back into running and race mode. Here we go! 
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Wow, I give you tons of kudos. I’ve never done anything over a 5k for races besides the Spartan Sprint which was 4. I’ve definitely run more than that on my own but running more than 5 miles has always scared me. I hope that one day I’ll put my fears aside and conquer a 1/2 marathon. We’ll see…
At least the weather is picking up next week! Highs in the 40s/50s! YAY!
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ahhh so exciting! Can’t believe the race is only 5 weeks away! I did it last year (I think I told you that) and it was really fun, but really tough. I burnt out pretty early on, and so the end of the race was hard for me. My advice would be to train on an incline on the treadmill, because it is a very hilly course! Hope the weather warms up by then!
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Oo Maria’s comment about the temps going up just made me squeal out loud, I’m pretty sure.
and that pic of you running is adorable!
But I totally don’t blame you for doing all those runs indoors, girl! I’d rather be a bit bored on the treadmill than spend half my run getting warmed up (literally).
Love all the cross training in your plan too
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congrats on signing up for the new race! you will do great at it!!
we feel all helped train our bodies differently to help make us feel that we ran better because of it.
we actually think doing strength training has helped for when we run, and doing our HIIT style workouts
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