Real David H.

When June 1 hits, I have 14 weeks to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon. By May 31, I will have a plan in place to train for this race. While this may sound like a normal thing to do, I haven’t had a written down plan for a race in two years. Seriously. What’s wrong with me? Did I think I was too good to have training plans? Sure, I had certain mileage goals in my head, but they weren’t written down.
Fourteen weeks is a good amount of time to get to where I need to be. And it gives me time to make adjustments as necessary. But not too many — remember last year when I hurt my tailbone? Worst non-running injury ever.

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Things this week are going OK. I’m so glad I took last week off. I’ve ran a little bit — meaning less than two miles — and gotten in a treadmill workout and a short bike ride. Not much, but it’s better than nothing. I’m just ready to move on from this …