Trying Something Ambitious- April 30, 2019

It made me think about how that mindset has affected me this past year. On Sunday, May 5, 2019, I am running the National Women's Half Marathon for the second time. When I signed up for my first half marathon last year with one of my friends, I wasn't sure I could do it. I used the 13.1 trainer since it had me do intervals of running and walking. Sure, I had trained but honestly, it was just my goal to finish. And I did finish- 2 hr 45 min. I pretty much ran in 2 miles spurts for the first 10 min and then did intervals for the remaining 3.1 miles.

So when I initially started training this year, my goal was to beat my personal record. (PR). I decided to stretch myself and started a 12 week Aaptiv Hit the Half program. It was HARD! There were many workouts in the beginning where I couldn't entirely do the program, and needed to modify it. But as many people say, you fake it until you make it- and that's what I've done. Last Thursday, on day 40 of my training, I ran for 2 hours straight! I wasn't fast but I did it.  So with a little over a week until my next half, my goal is to run the whole time!