I've been doing a wee little bit of running lately, which is mentally a relief. I have the impressive ability to pack on the pounds quickly, so a few weeks off road is a bad thing for me! I haven't done any runs farther than 3 miles, but I've been walking evenings with the hubster as well.
I've been facing a dilemma, which is I'm registered for the Hippie Chick Half and totally not trained to run it. I really, sincerely thought having it looming over my head after Surf City would be my motivation to keep on running, but clearly not. I debated just losing the registration fee and skipping it, but the Hippie Chick is a tough race to get into... I stayed up till midnight to register and by 3:00 a.m. or something crazy like that it was completely sold out. Plus, the name is cool. I mean, come on... Hippie Chick? Way cool. I'm a little bummed they're doing medals instead of necklaces this year, but still...
So I've decided to stay in. Probably I shouldn't mention this out loud as I know it's relatively stupid, but the first half marathon I ever ran I did with zero training (I call it my Accidental Half), so how bad can this be?!? I'm running a little and intend to continue that. I'm planning to sneak in a few 5's between now and then, too. Race day plan is to wing it. Yep, wing it. Clearly I can't hope to set a new PR, but I can get out there, enjoy the day and finish the race one way or the other. I'll do a walk/run combo with the emphasis on the walk (yeah, right) and see what happens.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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I have only done one half marathon so I'm hardly an expert and it was many years ago as well but I remember thinking I was not ready for the race. It actually didn't go that bad as I never walked and I finished in under two hours.
Keep running and just do the best you can. You need a t-shirt that says Hippie Chick on it. You do!
Hey Darcy, I was just reading a e-mail from "running with Paula" and it said, "and you will look so cute in your heart shaped Hippie Chick finisher's necklace." So, I hope this is true!!! I am starting to feel sick thinking about this, I need to go do laundry or something :S
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