Thursday, September 8, 2011

Day 28 (9/7): 1 mile / 8:35

It's official - my body is built for distance - not speed. 

Knowing full well that my body requires at least a half mile of warm up, I decided to see just how fast I could finish a mile.  Needless to say, it was not so fast at all.  Not that I'm complaining about my time.  Believe me, after not running for many years, I wouldn't expect my time to be much faster than it is.  But, I do find it interesting that my one mile time is no faster than my per-mile pace running a 5k.  But, this is why I'm a distance runner...

So, here I am, fully immersed in my new running regimen and feeling really good about myself.  And, since I wouldn't want to simply be happy with the status quo, it's time to move on to something bigger and better.  I've decided to make some commitments with regard to future races... including the big one.  I've decided to run the 5 mile Turkey Trot in Cleveland on November 24th and, good lord willing, to run the Cleveland Marathon on Sunday, May 20th.  And I'm hoping to find a half marathon some time in March.  It's quite possible that I have no business training for a marathon yet, but I can't help myself.  I've decided that I'm better off committing to it early when my heart is really in it than to wait and see how I feel come January.  I've been doing some research on training programs and believe I've found one that should work for me.  The program I've chosen is 18 weeks long, so my official marathon training won't begin until mid-January.  And, as nervous as I feel about making this commitment, I have to admit, I really can't wait to get started :)

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