The Expert
Has been to every Disney park in the world
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2009
SAFD: My big goal this year is to FINALLY keep up some kind of running between training for races. I have failed at this miserably since I started running six years ago, so I sat down yesterday and filled out my calendar. I fit in the races I'm doing and the ones I want to do, and then just went with my gut to ebb and flow training in between. I'm hoping if SOMETHING is on the schedule, rather than a vague thought of "oh I'll jump on the treadmill a few times a week" I might actually do it. That presented a few spots in the schedule where some additional races might make sense, and I'd like to try for a better POT for the half, just in case rD changes things again, so here's what it's looking like so far:
February: Princess 5K - I'll be walking this with my mom and aunt, then taking the rest of the weekend as vacation and spectating. (Unless @Herding_Cats ends up coming down for the Half, then I'll run it with her!)
March: Everest 5K - This happened to line up at the end of an existing trip, and Everest is my fav, so I signed up. Family joining so just for fun.
April: Local half w/ cumulative downhill and great weather, so this could be a new PR attempt.
Summer: I'll largely be on my treadmill and probably join some of the monthly livestream iFit 5K races.
September: Looking at another local half that's an extreme downhill - Revel Big Cottonwood literally goes down a mountain road and is advertised as a PR guarantee. This is also when I'll need to start focusing on Dopey training, so I'm a bit wary of injury. If I am short of a PR in April and the POT loosens up, this is a likely option to try once more. (The same week, there is a half out of state that I'm also considering, with less extreme terrain.)
November: Wine & Dine 5K - Again, this coincides with an existing trip and if I extend one day, I tick off all four race weekends this year!
February: Princess 5K - I'll be walking this with my mom and aunt, then taking the rest of the weekend as vacation and spectating. (Unless @Herding_Cats ends up coming down for the Half, then I'll run it with her!)
March: Everest 5K - This happened to line up at the end of an existing trip, and Everest is my fav, so I signed up. Family joining so just for fun.
April: Local half w/ cumulative downhill and great weather, so this could be a new PR attempt.
Summer: I'll largely be on my treadmill and probably join some of the monthly livestream iFit 5K races.
September: Looking at another local half that's an extreme downhill - Revel Big Cottonwood literally goes down a mountain road and is advertised as a PR guarantee. This is also when I'll need to start focusing on Dopey training, so I'm a bit wary of injury. If I am short of a PR in April and the POT loosens up, this is a likely option to try once more. (The same week, there is a half out of state that I'm also considering, with less extreme terrain.)
November: Wine & Dine 5K - Again, this coincides with an existing trip and if I extend one day, I tick off all four race weekends this year!
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). Running has been very difficult for me since coming back from MW 2020 with flu and Covid. I’ve got some heart issues now that just are frustrating. My heart rate soars, even when running slowly. Couple that with a bad training cycle and horrible blisters, and I was not surprised to get swept at mile six. I’ve decided that I’m done with the marathon distance (I’ve completed six; last weekend would have been seven).
