So...the other week I did a 7 mile race and I had made the claim to my friends Maggie and Hannah (who ran it with me) that if I could complete the race in under an hour I would run the Acadia National Park Marathon with Miss Margret. I, however, failed.
Final time: 1 hour 1 minute 26 seconds. It was a little soul crushing to go the whole race and come so close to my goal, but it was a fine time considering I only trained for like a week and a half and it was only my second time running a distance that far...but it is still only 1 minute and 26 seconds from my goal.
So Mags (yes, I call her by multiple names) poked fun and said, "So I guess you're not doing that marathon, huh?" And I thought...for about 2 seconds, and decided I would do the marathon anyway.
So now I am running a marathon in October. Luckily I live with two former cross country/track kids so I am pretty sure I can get in shape for it in 3 months. My suggested goal is to work up to and maintain 40 miles a week. That is about 6 miles a day, running every day. I am going to work around that to long runs on weekends, shorter runs during the week, which is what most people do.
But...I should be recording my times to keep track of progress and to know how many miles I am doing. As such here is where I start keeping track:
Monday's Workout: 10 laps around the track (2.5 miles) with 10 sit-ups and 10 push ups before each lap.
Lap 1: 3.12Lap 2: 3.19
Lap 3: 3.30
Lap 4: 3.27
Lap 5: 3.26
Lap 6: 3.38
Lap 7: 3.51
Lap 8: 3.41
Lap 9: 3.39
Lap 10: 3.25
Total: (I already cleared my watch, but I remember it being 35-ish minutes and change)
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