Half Marathon Training! And we're off....

This thing is TAKING OFF! I think people really want to do something like this (this meaning, a large goal that seems unattainable) but want other people they know to do it with them. Ken has 2 girls friends that racing - the half I think. Ally and possibly Hils will also be joining in on the fun. SR and NP are even thinking about it.

It's all about 1 mile at a time. That's it. If you break down a huge goal in to small pieces it seems more manageable.

So as my husband will tell you - I tend to sign up for this stuff without training. I have great intentions to train but it never really works out. 3 10Ks down and 2 tri's and I've yet to really grasp the prep concept. However, I wasn't built for a half marathon. As my former employee would tell you, I was built (or at least my hips were) for bearing children. Lovely. Anyway...I don't think I can get away with this same casual, anti-train mentality for 13.1 miles. So my lovely lil sis sent me my training schedule. Behold:

It can be found here:
http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm

According to the schedule, I don't need to start until August 20th but this schedule also has me running at most 10 miles. I'm going to start now and then also sign up for the actual Richmond training team to help with the motivation.

So this morning, I got out of bed (Which was a miracle in and of itself) at 6am and got ready for my work out out. I did Chalene Extreme: Push 1. Tomorrow I will run 3 miles.  Thank goodness I bought some super cute new outfits to make this more fun!

They suggest that you sign up for smaller races leading up to the big one. So I'm currently on the hunt for a 5k and 10k or two in either Richmond or DC.

And off we go....