- Boy, this has been a really long week! At least it has seemed that way. Maybe because there have been no snowstorms and I’ve had to work everyday! I played tennis Mon & Tues evenings and bailed on my morning runs!!! I did return to the treadmill yesterday & today 🙂
- I’ve also had some bad news. A good friend’s father died and another good friend’s younger sister was diagnosed with a rare rapidly spreading form of breast cancer (3-5 yrs to live even with mastectomy, chem & radiation). So I’m NOT going to complain about my left foot (last time it was the right one) that started hurting Sat and hurt Sun & Mon. The pain is gone now and it seems pretty trivial. It also reinforces my decision to go from running a 5K race to completing a Half Marathon. You never know what life will bring. CARPE DIEM!!
- My credit card was burning a hole in my pocket so I registered for some races.
Mar 12 – Runnin of the Green 4 mi Run – Green Island, NY
Mar 26 – Firefighters Run 4 Life 5K – Schenectady, NY
Apr 10 – Delmar Dash 5 mi – Delmar, NY
May 8 – Mother’s Day 3.5 – Delmar, NY
Jun 4 – Freihofer’s Run for Women (5K) – Albany, NY
I haven’t registered for my second Half Marathon yet – Apr 23 in Lake George. I want to run it but it’s hilly and I’m chicken. I’m training for it.
I like to run races & those long runs don’t seem to fit in (for example, my 12 mile run is scheduled for Apr 10!) . I work so I can’t do them during the week. I know I can add miles on after or the next day but it doesn’t feel the same as a non-stop long run. I also like to rest the day before a long run. I like to do my best in a race (I’m competitive!) so it’s hard to have it just be a training run at half marathon pace. DILEMMAS! I guess it was easy when I just ran 5ks!! But I really enjoyed that Half Marathon experience!
I’ll figure it out… What’s more important is staying healthy and enjoying life!
Happy Running!
My First 5K and More... 
Good post! Good message! Go ahead and register for that hilly half! You can do it!
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Thanks for the encouragement!
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I’m sorry to hear about the family members of your friends. It is definitely important to be thankful for your health.
I think you should do the half marathon, I’m doing one the same day! But the truth is, I haven’t registered yet either. I have until March I think, and when I first started training, I wasn’t sure I would stick with it. The only thing I’m waivering on now is whether I want to run one sooner – everyone is warning me that April 23 can be really hot here in TX!
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Right now (it was -9 this am) Hot sounds good to me!!
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So sorry to hear about your friends – it certainly does put things in perspective when you know people are going through such hard things.
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Sorry to hear about your friends! Good for you for signing up for all those races and another half!
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I am so sorry to hear about your friends. My thoughts and prayers will be headed your way! Oh and sign up for that half already!!! You will totally be able to do it! You are a strong and determined woman. I totally have faith that you will kick that halfs booty!
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Sorry to hear about your friends.
You’ve got a nice race schedule planned!
I agree that it’s difficult to combine it with training for a half.
I have to do my long runs in the weekend too because I also work during the week. I have nothing planned till my first half in April. I’m planning to do another half in October but also got a race in September and October planned. Already decided I will start training for the next half 2 weeks earlier so I can do those 2 races.
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