Shortly after arriving in DC my best friend and maid of honor has informed me that I will be running in the George Washington Parkway Classic- a 10 mile race on April 26th!
I had talked previously about wanting to run a half marathon sometime before the wedding, but because I wasn't sure if I was heading down to DC and after thinking about the time needed to prepare for a race of that length, I dropped the idea. I have continued to run at the gym for the past couple of weeks though (with the exception of taking a week off when I was sick), but instead of upping my mileage, I have been constantly running 4-5 miles each time.
While that is great, I really wish that I would have known about this race so that I could have been running longer distances! I now have a month to double my mileage. Hopefully this is possible!??!
Last week I ran three times- running 4 miles each day, and then walking another mile. I was hoping to run 6 miles last Saturday, but the gym was so hot that I gave up after 4 miles.
Time to get crackin'!!
3 comments:
It's DEFINITELY achievable. Keep running 4-5 miles a few times during the week and do a longer run over the weekends. 6 miles this weekend. 7.5 miles the next weekend. 9.0 miles the weekend before the race. And 10 miles the week of the race. When I trained for marathons, we generally didn't start having long runs every other week until we were over our 10 mile runs. What a great idea - have fun!
How exciting, I know that you can do it. Nilsa has some great tips.
If you keep working as hard as you have been, you'll do great! Good luck!!!!!!!!
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