Half Marathon Training Team awesomeness

I swore that I would never do a half. A 10K was plenty long enough for me. My first 10K I didn't train and I was, quite frankly, lucky to survive. My second year, Kendayl and I ran it together and we rocked it with a time of 60:30 which was an eighteen minute improvement from the year before (for me that is, I'm sure I slowed K down :) ).

So earlier this year, I signed up for my 3rd 10k and was determined to be sub 60 minutes. I signed up for the training team and everything. Sadly, I showed up to training only 1 time. Saturday mornings are not fun for training - they are fun for sleeping in. Needless to say, my training suffered as a result (because running is boring by yourself) and I didn't feel nearly as confident going in to the race day. I didn't make my goal. But I still finished and I had a blast with my girlfriends.

My goal for this half has nothing to do with a time - my only goal is to finish. But unlike 6.2 miles, I cannot show up on race day without having trained for 13.1 miles. I would hurt myself. So I signed up for the HMTT. I missed the first two Saturdays because of our vacation schedule and nearly slept in this past Saturday. Matt bet me that I wouldn't wake up - so sure enough - I did. I immediately introduced myself to people, found out that I was on Team Dragons and off we went.

Evidence:

That's me in the front with the blue shirt...

4.25 miles later - we crossed "the finish line." My new running buddy J was a trooper. We both swore we couldn't make 4 miles without stopping but said we would try our best and we never stopped during the run.

Monday was a rest day but today our schedule had us running 3 miles. I got home from Cville around 715pm and did not want to run but I knew that not letting down my new running buddies had a lot to do with keeping up with training during the week. So I went - and I'm finding that after about 2 miles, I really start to feel good and even enjoy my run.

I need to find a group to run with during the week - that's my next goal during this training.

Mileage total since HMTT training ( 2 weeks): 10.25 miles.