I decided almost 2.5 weeks ago that I would run 75 miles over the course of the next month. I used to run a lot, to the point that four mile runs were short, but I had become complacent over the course of the winter. I decided that if I reached my goal, I would reward myself with a training shirt from irunlikeagirl.com.
In October, I ran the Baltimore Half Marathon and two months later, I ran a local 10K. Since then, my runs became shorter and shorter, where over the holidays I was down to 3 miles, three times a week. Already registered for the Maryland Double, I knew that a race in May wasn’t going motivate me the same way a cute t would.
I was off to a decent start, running 16 miles my first week, 17.5 the next, then after a promising start to this week with a 5+ miler, snow and ice struck leaving me stranded in my room with a pilates video. I’m hoping enough ice will melt today that I can run for at least four miles, go on a short run tomorrow then attempt my first training run of the season (a 6 miler) on Saturday. I’d prefer to rest tomorrow, but want to get my mileage up.
At this point, I’m also considering running in the National Half Marathon (March 21). It will get the miles before Frederick so I can focus on speed work between the two. We’ll see!
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