Week 2 Half Marathon Training

Week 2

Plan miles: 12 miles running plus some cross/strength training.
Actual miles: 12.36 miles this week  in 2:10:54 and no cross/strength training

Plan long run: 4 miles
Actual long run: 6 miles in 1:02:03 (run/walk intervals)

So the good news is that I got a really good long run in.  But the bad news is that I took 3 rest days in a row, which I really want to avoid.  But I was sore from the 6 mile run the day after, and then the following 2 days we had plans and I couldn't fit a run in between work and plans outside of work.


I still want to be careful about ramping up too quickly.  I want to avoid injuries like a stress fracture.  I'm really glad I got the 6 miles in but it might be more than I should be doing if I'm following the plan.  I feel a little better about it, though, because we did run/walk intervals instead of just a straight run.  I may end up doing run/walk intervals for the half marathon itself but I'd like to also build up straight running as much as possible.  So my goal is to be doing an actual 6 mile run at some point.  I think if I slow down my pace I could probably do it (and having company on the run definitely helps as well).


I also got a new pair of shoes so I'm going to track miles on both pairs of shoes and use this blog to do it.  


Teal: 304.5 miles
Purple: 2.5 miles


I'm going to start with the new shoes just on the treadmill.  That will break them in and I can use my old shoes in the snowy, muddy, get your shoes dirty weather.