Training

There’s been a tremendous amount going on since my last post. Mostly all excellent.

Regarding training, it continues and I’m seeing quite a bit of progress. With eight and a half weeks until the More Half Marathon in Manhattan, the focus has moved beyond simply staying the course to get there. Being comfortable in the midst of the process allows one to look around and appreciate it a bit more.

I’ve settled into the following weekly routine, which is an amended version of Hal Higdon’s Novice 1 program:

Monday = yoga

Tuesday = run 4 miles

Wednesday = cross train core and upper body

Thursday = run 4 miles

Friday = cross train core and upper body

Saturday = rest

Sunday = long run

Please note that cross training is still done using exergames.

This past Sunday, E, T and I ran a little over eight miles for our long run. That’s right, eight blessed miles. We were pretty amazed. That’s the longest any of us has ever run.

We felt great!

We became aware that, like, wow, we could go more maybe on another day…nine didn’t seem so out of the picture. And if nine isn’t so far out of the picture, then ten is just a little beyond that. And a wee bit farther sits thirteen. Wait; thirteen…that’s a HALF MARATHON!

All of our training thus far has brought us to this point. We are completing the distances, able to recuperate, and go and do it again…and again.

All pretty exciting stuff!