Now I remember. The whole reason I started this whole blogging thing was to be able to look back and see where my training was and see my journey. I haven't used it for this purpose; until today. I'm less than two weeks out from the Princess Half Marathon and I thought I'd look back to see what my pace was for last year. Of course, it's not there. I wrote about the race, but not my actual mile splits. (Note to self: write down the mile splits this year.) I'm bummed about that. I was hoping to gain some insight from it.
However, I did look back and see what my everyday training looked like. I was running MUCH faster last year. That is discouraging. My workout this morning was 6.5 miles- 5 at race pace (9:05) or faster. I was feeling pretty good about that until I saw that last year I was doing things like 5 miles at an 8:30 pace and 11 miles at a 9:45 pace. I did 11 miles last weekend and my pace was close to 10:30. Yikes!
I'm not feeling to good about meeting my goal of a sub 2 hour race. What I'm not going to do though, is let self doubt crowd my brain this week. I've realized that I have a problem of negative talk and I lose before I even start. Seriously I have zero self confidence in this area. I can be running and talk myself into stopping and resting instead of talking myself through it. Every time one of those thoughts creep into my head this week I'm going to kick it to the curb! In my head I'm going to meet my goal. In reality, I may not, but it's not going to be because I talked myself out of it. I have to come up with a positive mantra or something. There was a great article in Runner's World about Kara Goucher struggling with the mental aspect of running. She has words she tells herself. I'll have to come up with some of my own- and quick.
I have a 12 mile run this weekend. I'm going to take it easy and just get the miles in. We leave for Florida a week from tomorrow. Regardless of what happens with the race, I'm psyched to see some sun and warm weather!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Let the countdown begin!
I've been MIA again. What else is new? I'm not going there.
It's officially 25 days until my half marathon. It's been a tough winter for training here. We've gotten blasted with snow and it's been impossible to train outside on a regular basis. That said, I've done pretty well keeping up with my training schedule. I did skip a 2 mile run today, but I just couldn't motivate myself to get out of my warm bed at 4:45 AM and face the bitter cold and icy roads for a 2 mile run. (Okay, okay- it was going to be inside on a treadmill but I didn't want to face the cold having to get to the gym.) I don't think it will matter in the long run. I'm scheduled to do another 10 this weekend and things are looking good.
So... 25 days left. Right now I'm feeling like I can do the distance (I've done 2-10 milers). I'm not feeling very good about the speed part. I've done some speed work on the treadmill which has been okay- but not great. I have a big track workout coming up on Tuesday and that will be telling. It's supposed to be 8 miles with 4x16 at an 8:20 pace with 800 jogs. I am not confident I can do 4 miles at an 8:20 pace. I guess I'll just have to see how it goes.
Other than that, I've got 3 long runs left- 10, 11 and 12 miles. That killer track workout and one more 7 mile tempo run. And that's it. I'm determined to break 2 hours and hopefully, my training will be enough.
It's officially 25 days until my half marathon. It's been a tough winter for training here. We've gotten blasted with snow and it's been impossible to train outside on a regular basis. That said, I've done pretty well keeping up with my training schedule. I did skip a 2 mile run today, but I just couldn't motivate myself to get out of my warm bed at 4:45 AM and face the bitter cold and icy roads for a 2 mile run. (Okay, okay- it was going to be inside on a treadmill but I didn't want to face the cold having to get to the gym.) I don't think it will matter in the long run. I'm scheduled to do another 10 this weekend and things are looking good.
So... 25 days left. Right now I'm feeling like I can do the distance (I've done 2-10 milers). I'm not feeling very good about the speed part. I've done some speed work on the treadmill which has been okay- but not great. I have a big track workout coming up on Tuesday and that will be telling. It's supposed to be 8 miles with 4x16 at an 8:20 pace with 800 jogs. I am not confident I can do 4 miles at an 8:20 pace. I guess I'll just have to see how it goes.
Other than that, I've got 3 long runs left- 10, 11 and 12 miles. That killer track workout and one more 7 mile tempo run. And that's it. I'm determined to break 2 hours and hopefully, my training will be enough.
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