11.13.11

I decided this week that my next challenge will be the 2011 San Antonio Half Marathon. I think I have convinced Candace and Blake to do it with me. The race is November 13, and is part of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon series. I have tried to run half marathons before, I ran the Nashville race, kind of trained and walked parts of it. I signed up for the Chicago race, sort of trained but got Swine Flu so didn't run that one. I want to give it a real effort this time. I'm going to use the Hal Higgins Novice training plan. It takes 12 weeks (atleast) so I will need to start in mid-August. I realistically need to start sooner, because I hate running and am pretty bad at it. Last week at Crossfit I had my best mile time that I can remember. It was right at 10 minutes. I am a very slow runner but was very proud of myself for being a little quicker. I'll keep ya'll updated as things get closer but here is the goal:

Training for your first Half

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	Stretch & Strengthen	3 m run	2 m run or cross	3 m run + strength	Rest	30 min cross	4 m run
2	Stretch & Strengthen	3 m run	2 m run or cross	3 m run + strength	Rest	30 min cross	4 m run
3	Stretch & Strengthen	3.5 m run	2 m run or cross	3.5 m run + strength	Rest	40 min cross	5 m run
4	Stretch & Strengthen	3.5 m run	2 m run or cross	3.5 m run + strength	Rest	40 min cross	5 m run
5	Stretch & Strengthen	4 m run	2 m run or cross	4 m run + strength	Rest	40 min cross	6 m run
6	Stretch & Strengthen	4 m run	2 m run or cross	4 m run + strength	Rest or easy run	Rest	5-K Race
7	Stretch & Strengthen	4.5 m run	3 m run or cross	4.5 m run + strength	Rest	50 min cross	7 m run
8	Stretch & Strengthen	4.5 m run	3 m run or cross	4.5 m run + strength	Rest	50 min cross	8 m run
9	Stretch & Strengthen	5 m run	3 m run or cross	5 m run + strength	Rest or easy run	Rest	10-K Race
10	Stretch & Strengthen	5 m run	3 m run or cross	5 m run + strength	Rest	60 min cross	9 m run
11	Stretch & Strengthen	5 m run	3 m run or cross	5 m run + strength	Rest	60 min cross	10 m run
12	Stretch & Strengthen	4 m run	3 m run or cross	2 m run	Rest	Rest	Half Marathon