What the heck happened to September?! Seriously, this sucker flew by. But more importantly, I need to start planning! I had decided to take the rest of September easy on my knee and begin legit running/training again in October. You see, I have the big ol’ 29.2 mile race in January, and I will need all the time I can get!
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| Photo repeat: the race that started all the drama! |
I’ve been surprised at how quickly I personally lost my running endurance. When I was training for my marathon, I had worked my way up to 16-mile runs and I was feeling pretty good. However, after 8 weeks of minimal running, I have yet to break the 4 mile barrier. Ugh. Kind of annoying y’all!
Anyway, it’s time for me to sit down and figure out a training schedule! I am definitely one of those people that needs to follow a plan; otherwise, my long runs won’t happen and I’ll be sadly curled up in a ball on the side of a road in Haiti. Guys, that would be kind of embarrassing!
However, I don’t really know how to plan for a 29.2 mile race! For my marathon, I easily found a zillion training plans online. I was following Hal Higdon’s plan up until my injury, and had been very happy with it. But here’s the catch: they don’t really have online training plans for 29.2 mile races! I know that I like the notion around Run Less, Run Faster, and had been happy with 3 solid runs per week with 3 days of cross training. I don’t mind sometimes bumping it up to four runs, but I know my body and 4-5 runs every week will break me down.