Final Run til Race Day

Nice and easy 5 mile run/walk today.

I just did a run as per my garmin half marathon training schedule. It was called a “Progression run”. It was an hour running at an easy pace, then 10 minutes running at my goal race pace, and then 5 minutes running at a really fast pace. Yep, it sounds like torture. I’ve done this run before a couple of weeks ago and it was so hard, I was dying by the end. So I wasn’t feeling very enthusiastic about doing it again. However, when I ran it today, the speedy bits of it were easier (definitely not easy, but easIER). I feel really encouraged that my training must be paying off and increasing my fitness. It sometimes hard to tell from one run to the next if I’m actually getting fitter and closer to my goal, but here I am. Onwards and upwards!! 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️

A day at uni, overnight oat lunch and an evening interval training on the track 💪🏻

First run of my training plan! It was windy but the sun was shining. 🙌🏻 Put on my worship playlist and reminded myself that I ‘get’ to run, I don’t have to, and it felt pretty decent! I’m only running twice a week instead of three but I’m hoping if I stay consistent with the two then I’ll be ok. Fingers crossed!🤞🏻

11 miles of running and a little bit over a mile of walking today. 2 more weeks until the half marathon.... 😓

Week 39/52

I originally picked this race in NE solely because it is close to where we live, but it turned out to be SUCH a great experience. It was super foggy until around 11 am, so no views, but it was so well staffed and the course was great and would have had great views. My mom and I went to Scotts Bluff after the fog cleared and the views were, in fact, incredible.

12/10 would run again.

Ugh I’m ready for this week to be over 😒😒

I have entered the Christchurch Marathon. I will run the half. It is in a couple of weeks. I thought I had better go run on the road a bit. It was windy but the sun was lovely. I ran a section of the course. Gonna need to find some speed from somewhere for race day but otherwise it was a good run.

how wonderful it is to be in the double digits again, if only just 💛

This was not it.

4 miles

So much walking due my body being sore AF...

I’m trying

Half marathon in April, and I’m working the mileage back up. I was supposed to be in a better place by now, but we can only pull from what we have in the moment. I’ll get there.

Had the Top Gun Maverick Soundtrack on my run Playlist this morning. Helped me get through some tough miles. Only the half marathon to go!!!

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Train reads and evening gym moments are keeping me sane 🙌🏻

60 min intervals run!! One of my intervals was 8 minute and I ran a mile in 7:51 !! I got to 7 miles! Really needed this after an awful week!!

4 mile run today brought to you by several episodes of Attack on Titan. 😅 Have a good day!

first half marathon completed 🩶🩷