Three Hours

That is my non-ambitious goal for the race I entered in this past Sunday. I am planning on running a half-marathon in Anaheim in September. You have to finish the race in 3.5 hours and if you don't keep that pace a truck comes and drives you to the end! That is motivation enough to finish faster than that pace. I decided 3 hours is a good round number. That is over a 13 minute pace, which seems slow, however after 5 miles I am not too sure if that will feel slow.

Being a financial analyst I created a Excel spreadsheet which shows the progress I need to make per week. In addition, it shows the treadmill level I will use in my training. I think I am going to try to maintain a 13 minute pace throughout my training and just increase my distance run. Yesterday I ran 3 miles in 36.5 minutes. Not very good, but not bad for my 3rd day of training.

I joined 24 hour fitness in July of 2005, I believe. I have been working out i.e. swimming, spin, resistance training, row, & eliptical mainly, on a regular basis. However, when I do cardio besides the cycle class and swimming I usually just do 15 minutes. That is not nearly enough to help me get ready for a half-marathon. So I know I need to train hard. I will also turn 30, 2 days after the race, so I better do it now. I am excited to have a goal to work toward.