I'm starting to freak out a little bit - I only have 6 weeks til half marathon #1. I've been doing pretty terribly with increasing my mileage. I've probably done about 10-12 miles the last couple weeks (each week) but I've gotten my treadmill base run to around 5 miles at a steady (read: VERY slow) speed. SO now my goals are to 1) increase my base mileage and 2) increase my speed little by little.
I've still been doing yoga and I even swam last night (amazing) but this week WILL be the week - I want to get back into the swing of thangs. And I would be okay if all you (two) readers out there held me to it and checked in on me. Yes, my work schedule is awful and I'm exhausted after work BUT if I just keep going to the gym and being consistent, I will reach my goals.
One day at a time. I have several options for tomorrow: snowboarding, yoga, cycle, running, swimming. I sure as heck better do at least one.
PS, Let me bear testimony of the importance of changing up your workout-- maybe it's new music or a new workout outfit or a new technique or something, but I've found that if I get variety in my workout, I feel a whole lot better about doing something as monotonous as running 5+ miles on a treadmill staring in front of me at nothing. This week's trick was new music (see my personal blog).
xoxo and happy training!
K, I'll check in on you at the end of the week at least. You can do it! Running for that long can be boring ... Yikes. Good thing I don't run that long!
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