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Friday, January 11, 2013

Better than a parking lot...

Yesterday afternoon on FB, I posted the following:

"Feeling nauseous. I just "liked" a particular marathon page. It may be time to get my act in gear and start running again. The marathon is December 1st. I haven't run, if you call my turtle pace running, since June, when I did the Wounded Warrior Half. Is this enough time to train?"

The responses were very positive, and a friend from church who is a marathoner said "Yes!!!" So I started looking in to various training plans. I am not looking to push it, especially since I haven't run since June and I'm a little bit more creaky in the knees and hips. Hell. I'm closer to 50 than 40. I'm happy I can get off the couch some days, given as spastic and clutzy I am.  What I found is Hal Higdon's Novice Supreme marathon training guide. It's a 30 week schedule. This gives me plenty of time (knock on wood) to prepare for and train for this race.  It even gives me time to complete all 9 weeks of C25K beforehand.

Last night after dinner I told The Aussie to visualize spending a few days in Florida at the end of November/beginning of December in Florida. He says "okay, sounds nice." I then told him why. I said "I promised you that when I was ready to do a full, that you'd have something nicer than the parking lot at Fair Park to look at."

source: Pegasusnews
 
BTW, I'm feeling nauseous again. I just finished copying the training plan in to my calendar. Yikes.
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7 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 11, 2013 at 11:24 AM

    Go Kyra!!!! You can do it and I will be here cheering you on! Tell that Aussie hello from Utah XO

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  2. KatJanuary 11, 2013 at 12:43 PM

    You can do it Kyra! Looking forward to supporting you along the way.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2013 at 1:44 PM

    Yay! So exciting. That is plenty of time to train and you will rock it - go Kyra!

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  4. DonnaJanuary 11, 2013 at 5:17 PM

    Kyra, you got this. I think you've given yourself plenty of time to prepare. Half that race is in your head, right? You can do it.

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  5. UnknownJanuary 12, 2013 at 3:35 PM

    You've got plenty of time to train and be prepared. Repeat after me... 'I CAN DO THIS!!' You're awesome :)

    Shushkat

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  6. Meegan (@redstar5)January 13, 2013 at 4:38 PM

    I'm so excited for you! You have an incredible plan in place already and I can't wait to cheer you while your rock it!

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  7. Journo June aka MamaBearJanuary 15, 2013 at 1:06 AM

    We all know you can do it. One step at a time, work the plan, you'll do great!

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