15 days to go

There are 15 days left until the Spirit of Survival Half Marathon in Lawton. I had a minor setback with my hamstring 2 weeks ago, but I rested it and now it's much better. I am still hyper-aware of it when I run, but I think it's ok.

I just finished my scheduled long run for this week. I was supposed to run 9 miles, but I had to run in a new location on a paved circular track, so I ran 9.58 miles in 1:59:40. The runner's world training calculator puts my half time at 2:46:44. My goal time was less than 3.5 hours because of my hamstring, but I'm beginning to think that 3:15 might be possible. My hamstring was a bit painful around miles 2-4, but the pain went away when I actually ran, so I continued. I like that I am getting better at distinguishing between discomfort pain and injury pain. This is the second week of training where I actually did the mileage I was supposed to do.

I've managed to convince my BFF Liz to run the Cowtown Marathon with me on Feb 24, and I've run with her out in the country a few times recently. We run on a dirt road in a pasture, and we have quite the confused/fascinated audience. At least they'll fit in with the name of our planned marathon.

Running stats:

8/21/12: (Tuesday)
Stats: 2.02 in 32:22. Sore tight hamstrings. Watched Grimm.

8/22/12: (Wednesday)
Stats: 3 miles in 41:56. 3 mins running at 5, 2 mins walking at 3.5. Hamstring felt much better. Probably could have done 4 miles. Did tabata biceps with a resistance band afterwards. Watched Grimm.

8/25/12: (Saturday)
Stats: 5.23 miles in 1:14:15. Watched Grimm.

8/27/12: (Monday)
Stats: .5 miles in 5 mins in group training. 1 min walking at 3.5, then [30 secs 5.5, 30 secs 8.0]x3, then 30 secs at 3.5, 30 secs at 2.0. Interval runs suck. Later, I ran 4 miles in 54:14 on the treadmill, for a total of 4.5miles.

8/28/12: (Tuesday)
Stats: 4.5 miles in 1:02:43.

9.1.12: (Saturday)
Stats: 7 miles in 1:28:06. 1st actual long run of training. Generally ran for .9 miles at 5.5 and walked .1 miles at 3.5. Felt hamstring while running after about 5 miles-slowed down to 5.0 after that. Downton Abbey. Runner's high is awesome.

9/4/12: (Tuesday)
Stats: 1 mile in 14:41. Angry hamstring.

9/8/12: (Saturday)
Stats: 3.07 miles in 50:14. Ran at Liz's house with the cows. Ave pace 16:20. Lots of walking. Hamstring hurt, but was ok after a bit.

9/11/12: (Tuesday)
Stats: 5 miles in 1:32:37. Hamstring sore but ok. Downton Abbey.

9/15/12: (Saturday)
Stats: 6.15 miles in 1:41:08 at Hefner with Liz.

9/17/12: (Monday)
Stats: 5 miles in 1:08:51. Grimm, Revolution.

9/18/12: (Tuesday)
Stats: 5 miles in 1:10:56 at Liz's pasture.

9/22/12: (Saturday)
Stats: 9.58 miles in 1:59:40 at Earlywine Park (Hefner closed due to the Redman Tri). Listened to HP and the Order of the Phoenix on audiobook. Hamstring was noticeable from miles 2-4, but was ok.


Here is a pic of my training plan so far. Yellow=did scheduled workout; Blue=deviated. Fill in the last 3 days with yellow with your imagination.