Hahaha, I am sure we have! The race I am running is in Carlsbad, CA and the place supplying the after race beers is called Pizza Port and they have THE BEST PIZZA, so it was fitting because I am in fact gonna run all the miles and eat all the pizza.
Back to Our Regularly Scheduled training...
I’ve got a lot of catching up to do on my training log! Luckily I only had two runs scheduled while at Disney so I am not that far behind. I also forgot to mention that the Princess Half was my February half marathon! Two down, ten to go! #12halfmarathonsin12months
I am happy to say I only missed one scheduled run while at Disney, and it was actually the run scheduled for the day we returned home!
So what else happened?
Thursday, 2/22 – I was still recovering from my sinus infection, so this run did not go as planned. I was supposed to do a 2 mile warm up, 2x2 miles at T pace (7:54), and a 1 mile cool down. I did a 1 mile warm up, 2 miles at 8:02 and 8:09, rest, 2 miles at 8:18 and 8:22 and a 1 mile cool down. My body just didn’t have energy for the 7:54 paces.
Friday, 2/23 – Travel Day!
Saturday, 2/24 – Enchanted 10K
Sunday, 2/25 – Princess Half
Monday, 2/26 – Rest Day!
Tuesday, 2/27 – 5 miles at 9:20 pace in a big circle around BLT and the Contemporary. Actual footage of me below running this route!
Wednesday, 2/28 – Rest Day!
Thursday, 3/1 – 5 miles at an unknown pace because I forgot to charge my Garmin and it died. I ran the same route as Tuesday though, so I know I at least got the miles in.
Friday, 3/2 – Rest Day!
Saturday, 3/3 – Missed this run due to driving back home and having to go to the grocery store upon arrival home. I should have done it before we left Orlando, but sleep won.
Sunday, 3/4 – 10 miles at a 9:17 pace. This was supposed to be at a 9:10 pace, but all those bad eating habits at Disney caught up to me.
Monday, 3/5 – 5 miles at 9:56 pace.
Tuesday, 3/6 – This workout scared me. Seeing that I pace on my schedule (7:15!) was absolutely terrifying, but I hit all 10 intervals! I did a two mile warm up at 10:17, 10x 2 minutes at 7:15 with a two minute recovery, and two mile cool down at 10:34. My 10 two minute repeat average paces were: 7:14, 7:05, 7:12, 7:08, 7:07, 7:12, 7:14, 7:08, 7:09, and 7:11. The coolest thing to me was that I covered exactly .28 miles in each and every two minute repeat. My OCD self loves that consistency!
Kudos to you if you have read this far, LOL. I can’t seem to control my rambling. Below is what is coming up for this next week of training!
Upcoming Schedule:
Th- 2 mile WU + 4 miles @ Tempo (8:04) + 2 mile CD
F – 6 miles @ EA (10:12)
Sa – 9 miles @ EB (9:31)
Su – 12 miles @ LR (9:10)
M – 5 miles @ EA (10:12)
Tu – 2 mile WU + 4x3 min. @ I (7:15) w/2 min. RI + 2 mile CD
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Your story sounds similar to many including mine (just much faster than mine,lol!) No doubt you can totally crush that HM PR you have listed! I get the mental thing and I hope I can find the answer during my next half (maybe it's just believing in ourselves and our training). I feel like marathon was a mental race and even though I didn't finish in my desired time I know I crushed it mentally! It was a lot of smiling (Billy's advice), chanting positive affirmations, and a whole lot of prayer! Pushing my comfort zone physically may be harder than the mental at this point, but hopefully they will both come together nicely!
