My Half Marathon Training

My birthday is tomorrow, and I signed up for two {!!!} half marathons for the month of November. {I've run one before in February of this year}

Yes, I realize that might sound a little intense, but I would like to run one in under 2 hours {November 1st} and one for fun {November 23rd}.

The Jazz Half is the first one and it raises money for The Cancer Program at Children's Hospital New Orleans.

I decided it might be nice to break up my constant recipe posts with some more exercise related posts, so I'll be doing a weekly recap of my exercise goals for the week + what actually happened and a thing or two I learned along the way.

I based it off the Runner's World Smart Coach training program and around my personal schedule.

I broke it down into Easy Runs, Speed Workouts, and Long Runs.

For the first few weeks, I'll just be running 3 days per week with other exercise in between runs - mostly walks and barre3.

Monday will be an Easy Run at a comfortable pace. Wednesdays will be a speed workout. Saturday will be a Long Run.

After a few weeks, I'll add in an extra Easy Run on Thursdays.

I am traveling a lot in the next few months, so I'll likely rearrange the days I do the actual workouts on some weeks. But the workouts and mileage will roughly stay the same.

Hopefully, I'll be able to complete a half in under 2 hours since I did my first one in 2:07 after only 4-6 weeks of training.

I'd love to hear about your tips, suggestions, etc. when it comes to running and/or sticking to a training plan. And of course, I'll keep you posted weekly on how everything goes. Wish me luck!

Have a great week!!

Meme