Week three of my half marathon training is winding down. How
does the time go so fast?! Yesterday I
was supposed to run 5 miles but the weather was so cold and winds were gusting
up to 30 miles per hour so I adjusted my plan and took yesterday off and will run
on Sunday instead. I’ve learned that
it’s important to be flexible, which is sometimes difficult for me and my Type
A personality.
I still fight the urge every morning to stay in bed and skip
my workout but I know I’ll be mad at myself if I do that. The long term goals I have are more important
than getting a little bit more sleep. In
order to keep my long term goals in the forefront of my mind at 4:45 a.m. , I
decided to put one of my Rock n’ Roll Las Vegas race medals on top of my phone
so when my clock goes off I have to move the medal to turn it off. There’s no better motivation than that!
I’ve been getting emails lately about this year’s Rock n’
Roll Half Marathon in Vegas and they literally give me goosebumps thinking
about how much fun I’ve had the past 2 times I’ve done it and how much I’m
looking forward to going back this year.
I’ve been working on my flexibility this past week with Piyo
workouts. They are the perfect blend of
strength and flexibility training. I
know that being more flexible and elongating my muscles will help with my
running and recovery time between runs as well as prevent the chance of injury. That is definitely something I’ve overlooked
in the past.
Tomorrow morning I’m doing some speed work, which is not my
favorite but at least it’s a shorter workout.
My goal is to finish my half marathons this year in under 2 hours. I’ve got some work to do if I’m going to make
that a reality but I’m up for the challenge!
What workouts have you been doing? Are you training for any upcoming races? Tell me, I’d love to know!
