The Walkway Over the Hudson Half Marathon is less than 3 weeks away. Uh, when did that happen?
Sunday morning I set out for an 8 mile run on the bike path near my parent’s house in Westchester. Running for over an hour alone obviously gives you a lot of time to think. My mind wandered to this upcoming half marathon. A race I haven’t trained for as diligently as I intended.
When I signed up for this race I was craving a workout routine after feeling pretty meh all winter with my fitness regiment. I wanted that strict workout plan like I had followed leading up to my first half marathon—2 short runs, 1 long run, 2 strength training days and some yoga for good measure.
Turns out it’s not as easy as it used to be. Work gets in the way. If I’m doing short runs during the week either they are before work at the crack of dawn or after work when I’m tired and hungry plus I would rather be seeing friends or Broadway shows. So I’ve been running a lot less than I know I should be.
Also, why does it take me over an hour to do a simple 3-mile run before work? First I have to eat breakfast, give myself enough time to digest, foam roll, warm up, actually run, stretch… next thing you know I’m already running late for work even though I started this routine at 5AM.
It’s my third half marathon. I know my body can run 13.1 miles, it’s happened two other times after all, but there’s still that fear looming over me that I won’t be ready on race day.
Going into this half marathon I didn’t want to set any major goals, running a race in the middle of June means the weather could easily be hot as hell, a bad idea for PRs. I decided to treat this race as a warm up for marathon training. I also decided to go in with my usual goals of crossing that finish line in one piece with no injuries, a fairly simple request.
I have a little over 2 weeks left until race day. That’s 2 weeks to cut the excuses and actually train the way I wanted to train. Even if it means getting up at 5AM for an excessively short run before work. Even if it means skipping my favorite workout classes to squeeze in a run.
Plan for the week:
Monday– Rest (Unless you count shopping all day)
Tuesday– Yoga
Wednesday– Strength (Uplift Studios)
Thursday– Short Run (Dash 28 at Mile High)
Friday– Spin class (Swerve)
Saturday: Strength/HIIT (Exceed)
Sunday: Long Run- 9 miles
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