“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” Plato, The Republic
Before the run! My Super SIL and me :)
Today was the first run of our training program for the Philadelphia marathon, which is in November. How exciting it always is to start a new program! We have decided to do our long runs on Fridays. My SSIL is a nurse and works every second weekend and we both have Fridays off...so it's perfect. Also, it'll be nice to have the long run done, allowing us to enjoy some summer festivities on weekends :)
The first long run of the program was a 1 hour 15 minute run at a pace 30 seconds slower than race pace. Nice and easy. It ended up pouring rain through most of our run, reminding us how truly hardcore we are!
After the run. Every piece of clothing is stuck to our skin!
After completing most of the long runs alone during my last training cycle, it'll be really great to have my SSIL as a partner for this round. Her pace is a bit faster than mine, but we'll only be doing the long runs together and those are mostly at a slow and easy pace.
My goal for this marathon is to not be injured on the start line, and I would be thrilled to come in around 4h45m. That's the pace I'll be training for...and I know it's realistic. Of course, we never know what race day will bring, so we'll see.
Cheers everyone!!
7 comments:
Awesome!!! I can't wait to read all about your training!! I hope to run my 1st full in Jan 2015, that's my goal anyway-lol. Which running program do you follow?
Rain rain go away! Will be fun following you on this journey!
Yay!!! I'll be cheering you on!
It's so great that you've got someone to train with. It'll make those long slow runs go much quicker.
Cheering for you over here!!! Ou est l'ete a Quebec??? Marathon #2!!! Woop hooo!
Yay for marathon training and yay for the hardcore runners that started it! All the best with the training!
Great start to training! I hear Philly is a great event so I'm sure you'll have a fun time! Happy running Anne.
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