I feel like a need a sassy gay friend to pull me back here.
Slow down, crazy, indeed. If you haven’t heard of Sassy Gay Friend, you’re welcome.
I have decided to train for and run a half-marathon next year. Actually, I’m planning to run at least three half marathons: the Country Music Half in Nashville in April, the Hokie Half in Blacksburg (duh) in September, and the Outer Banks Half in Nags Head in November. A lot of my friends started running races after we finished college (in addition to all my blogger friends who run), and it seems like a good way to stay focused on working out.
After doing some research, I think I’m going to follow the Hal Higdon half-marathon training plan. It’s about twelve weeks, so I’ll need to start my official training by the last week of January. I’m hoping to work on some Couch to 5K runs in the interim. BFF Ashley is planning to run the Country Music half with me. She’s in a running club and has a running coach, so I will be mooching off of her.
Any runners have advice for a newbie? What races are you planning to run?
The biggest piece of advice I can give you is listen to your body! Don’t try to push anything if your body says no. You will do amazing!
That’s AWESOME!!! Way to go!!! I’m running my first half, too! At the end of March in Knoxville!! I’m excited, and kind of scared at the same time lol. So excited to follow along as you train, too! 🙂
I was thinking of doing the Nashville one since it is right up the road from me. Looks like fun. And the Hal higdon training is my favorite. I have used it for all 4 of mine. My advice is to take things slow and don’t push your body to be someone else. It is a mental game too so just be prepared for that. I would also encourage cross training to break things up. I did a lot of Zumba and power yoga. Good luck!