Sunday, July 24, 2011

drippin' 15

a nice COLD creek we swam in this summer!
yesterday i got up at 6 and started running by 6:30. just have to run early when it's this hot! ran 15 miles and  i missed negative splits by -4 minutes. it's just hot and pushing it these days, is, well, hard! i am glad to just finish!! i did choose a hilly route to imitate marathon day.

i finally also found a training plan to follow. i've been consistently keeping up with a long run for three months so i didn't want to just start over with the novice plan. so it looks like Hal's intermediate 2 training schedule will work good. i must admit i am a bit unsure about doing 3 20 mile runs before race day. i'll just pay attention to my body and how it feels and go from there. he also has a new plan called marathon 3. it's for runners who can only run 3 days a week. neat stuff!

saw this article on making your own sports drink. i'm going to try it just for the fun of it!

2 comments:

Wendy said...

have you been taking any walk breaks? 3-20 milers?! i think that would be good for me, but i know i wouldn't be able to fit it in time wise. i'm reminded again that marathon training takes so much time!

great job getting your 15 in! i thought of you when i ran my 15 on sunday. :)

Tina @GottaRunNow said...

Glad you got your 15 miler done! Three 20's sounds like good marathon preparation. I ran 13 yesterday - can't wait for it to cool down just a little this fall.