News flash: half marathon training in Nebraska ≠ half marathon training in Alabama.
For a few weeks, the weather was awesome and frankly, there wasn't a difference between Neb. and Ala. Running when it's 45-55° is perfect. I can cover a lot of miles when I'm not freezing.
Now that Neb. has returned to the cold side of winter, this training thing has slowed. A lot. Even with all the sweet winter running gear I have, it's still too freaking cold to just go run. Or maybe it's just I have zero motivation to run when it's freezing out. Brr.
Today I'm forcing myself outside. The temperature is a decent 46° but with the wind it feels like 39°. I just have to bundle up and face the elements. This body is not going to be in any kind of shape to run if I don't just make myself to it.
Oh, on another note, I signed up for a 6 mile run in March. I ran 6.1 last March and I felt it was a good precursor to the half marathon. It lets me get a feel for what the race will be like and it gives me a chance to see where I'm at on my pace.
***Update*** I just ran 4.12 miles and the wind was a %^%&* . Of course the first half of the run was easy with the wind pushing me, but the second half sucked something fierce because I had to run straight into the like 25mph gusts. But I finished. Yay for me.
I have failure to run too, but metaphorically speaking. :(
ReplyDeleteLast year, during this time, I was trying to condition to run 6 miles (my neighbor up a couple blocks from us had asked me to join her in this). One morning I was mentally prepared to go run, but saw the tempurature and thought it was just too cold; looked out the window and there was my other neighbor jogging by. So I decided alright... I'll go out. IT was too cold by my standard but I carried on. After getting into the country and feeling the cold from the wide open I remembered - OMG!! I have a treadmill! I could have stayed inside. It was new to me so you'd think I would have been super excited to use it - but I am so conditioned to walking outside and loving the outdoors it just didn't enter my mind. I was focused on follow through I guess. :)
I believe you will succeed at your mission, detours aside.