I have decided one of my upcoming running goals
is to run a half marathon. There is a
race on March 1st which is about 6 months away. I feel very confident that I will be able to train
and complete this race.
I have been talking about running a marathon or
half marathon for years now. My longest run to date is
a little over 8 miles. I can consistently
run 5 and 6 miles without an issue and I am currently
up to about 20-25 miles a week. While I
feel I could train for a full marathon, I have other reasons that are pushing
me to stick with the half.
The first reason is
time. My goal for the half will be to
finish in less than 2 hours. A full marathon would take me over 4 hours to complete. Right now in my life, I do not have the luxury
of being able to train properly for it. On the other hand, since I’m already used to running
most days for over an hour, gradually increasing it to
2 hours over the next 6 months is totally
achievable. Also a 2 hour time translates into a 9:10 per minute mile; I
can run that comfortably for over 5 miles.
The second reason is nutrition and diet. I am not looking to drastically change my
eating to increase what I eat, like going through spurts of carb-loading. To run an extra
hour, I can easily bring an additional piece of my banana
bread with me in my fanny
pack.
The third and last reason is that I enjoy
running. I don’t want
to run a marathon and then have to take time off to
recover, especially since I have had trouble
with my knees in the past.
Do any of you have any upcoming races you are
training for?
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