The day after we got home from vacation I researched training schedules for beginners. Walk/Run intervals to run for 30 minutes. Training for a 5K and then training to run a 10k, which would be about the length of my relay leg. I spent a long time creating a spreadsheet with a plan for achieving this goal--and in all fairness, I'm a little OCD and love a list/spreadsheet/elaborate calendar schedule. I'm a planner. Starting February 20 and ending November 10th I had plenty of time to train. It was a realistic, not too rigorous for my 41 year old self, and completely doable training program. I was nearly giddy with the realization that I could really, really become a runner!!
I stretched out the intervals to get to "running for 30 minutes" just to be a little gentle. Then I added extra repeat weeks to both the 5K and 10K 8 week training schedules. I'm guessing at some point there will be an injury/setback/hang nail and I will need some extra time to make it all work.
So, with a little more than 8 months to train--I declared to myself that I was ready. Husband and I went out to buy real running shoes ("you're not buying those cheap shoes you find at TJMaxx for this; you need real shoes even if they are more than $100" my husband declared--and they were). And I was set!
I stretched out the intervals to get to "running for 30 minutes" just to be a little gentle. Then I added extra repeat weeks to both the 5K and 10K 8 week training schedules. I'm guessing at some point there will be an injury/setback/hang nail and I will need some extra time to make it all work.
So, with a little more than 8 months to train--I declared to myself that I was ready. Husband and I went out to buy real running shoes ("you're not buying those cheap shoes you find at TJMaxx for this; you need real shoes even if they are more than $100" my husband declared--and they were). And I was set!
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