So yesterday I received a very shocking email. It is my Half-Marathon training schedule. People, this is where it gets serious. Up until now, I've been trying to run every other day. I have averaged 2 times a week. I know, I need to commit more. But I'm still trying to figure this out! Remember? Running with potatoes? I can't always get out of the house to run. Especially by myself.
But, I digress. Anyways, when I first started this nonsense, I could not run for one minute. Honestly. I was so out of breath and out of shape. And to put your mind at ease, no miracles happened that now I can run forever. But I can now run for 4mins straight, then walk 1min, and even repeat that! All the way to 3kms. That's progress people!
In case anyone is wondering how I'm going to build up to running 21kms, I will show you the training schedule I have been provided with. And no, you are not alone if you faint. I did too. Seeing it on paper means it's real. I actually have to do this. And I'm scared. Not just of the distance, but the amount of time this is going to consume. I am truly freaked out about this. It's been hard enough to get 1hr to run by myself that's not between 12am and 4am. Oh, and have I ever mentioned a small thing that might hinder this whole operation? I'm afraid of the dark. And of being stolen. Yep, don't know how I'm going to run by myself, in the dark, when the time changes, and it's dark by the time I get home from work. I know, very irrational, but not unlike my deep-seeded fear of dirt and shag carpet.
(While I was writing this post, I realized that I don't know how to attach something in a table format, that's not a picture. So when I figure that out, I will post the schedule! More for shock value, than anything). :)
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