I hope everyone had an awesome weekend. I layed low, played in the snow, and went over to my parents’ house to watch the game yesterday. I’m not really concerned with football, but it was still fun to watch. Besides, Tom Brady is never bad to look at, as far as I’m concerned!
A lot of you asked how my run went on Saturday and the truth is that it didn’t! I went outside to go and immediately slipped on some of the ice. Right away, I knew my knee felt funny, so I turned around and went in. I didn’t want to make it worse and I figured that I could go on Sunday instead. (See how I can make smart decisions? Me, for the win!)
I woke up yesterday and although chilly, it looked like the perfect day for a run! I decided to brave taking Tals because there was no way she and I were going to operate the bike with all that snow. And surprisingly, she was great!
Another thing that felt great? ME! I was cruising along and actually going a bit quicker than I typically do (cause don’t forget, I’m a snail!) However, there were still quite a few icy patches on the path and they were those see-through, super slippery kinds that you have to tip toe around. Those slowed me down quite a bit as I had to pick my way through them, but I didn’t mind. It was a glorious 4 mile run and left me loving life!
On that note, guess what I’ve decided? 2012 is the year I become a runner! Haha, well kind of. Awhile back, I wrote about how I am more of a cross trainer but not really good at any single sport. Well, it looks like this year is going to be the year that I figure out if I can get any better at running!
I am already registered for the Colorado half marathon in May, as well as the Loveland Lake to Lake Olympic tri in June. I spent the past few months debating between a HIM and a marathon, but my mom made the decision for me last week when she asked me to run the Georgetown to Idaho Springs half marathon with her in August. It is only a week after my potential HIM, and I know I cannot handle both. Because it is so important to her, I will definitely run Georgetown with her so that decision eliminated the potential HIM. I figured if I was already going to be on such a great running streak, I’d throw in the marathon for giggles 🙂
Although I haven’t registered yet, it looks like Denver Rock ‘n Roll in September will be my first marathon! Wahoo!
Can you sense the excitement? Yeah, probably not. Me neither, or at least not yet. 26.2 is very daunting to me, so until I’m fully immersed in training and feeling more confident, my excitement will more resemble terror!
Looks like it’s time to finally see if I can become a real runner 🙂
What did you do this weekend?
Anyone have any great tips on training, plans, etc that I should know?
Currently I’m kinda following a combo of a Hal Higdon plan with the Run Less, Run Faster. I’m liking that RLRF simply because I can still get some cycling, weights, etc mixed in, but I wonder if 3 days per week is enough when training for a full?