Air Force Marathon

It's official. I am signed up for the Air Force Half-Marathon in September. This will not be first attempt at running a Half-Marathon, but it is the first one that I have ever actually registered for.

I have been on a diet since the beginning of last week. I came back from my wedding and decided to eat everything that I could in sight. Well I had...had enough. On Monday I weighed myself and weighed a whopping 165.1. I kid you not. That would be about a 10 pound weight gain since I got back from the DR. Kinda ridiculous. AFter 1 week of dieting, I have lost about 5 pounds...but definitely not where I should be.

My family and I have been talking about the AF Half-Marathon for a couple of weeks now. This weekend I sat down and wrote out a run schedule to get me where I need to be. Aside from doing Insanity a few times, I have not worked out since early February. I knew it was going to be rough.

So, yesterday I went out to take a leisurely jog - although my actually training was not starting until today. When I went outside, although beautiful, it was 91 degrees outside. Running was not going to happen. I walked for about 45 minutes and decided to call it a day. Dont worry, I woke up sore this morning. From walking...

Tonight I went out in my new running hat, new running shirt and my shoes tied tight determined to get in a run. I only had to run 2 miles. I didnt have a watch nor did I have a pre-determined distance mapped out. I thought that running a 10 minute mile would be accurate for me and then also thought that 5 songs on my IPod would be about 20 minutes. It was very hot outside, but all together my run was not as bad as expected. At the end of the 5th song I was ready to stop. I thought to myself, I just struggled through 2 miles. How am I going to get through 13.1?

At least I'm on the road - it may be a long journey, but I'll get there.

Here is my training schedule for this week:
Sunday: 2 miles
Monday: Walking
Tuesday: 2 miles
Wednesday: Walking
Thursday: 2 miles
Friday: Walking
Saturday: Rest