Good Evening,
I am about to go for a light 30 minute run here in a little bit. I really don't care what my mileage is at this point, I just want to get some pavement under my belt.
I was pretty light on the workouts this week, but I did have box seats at the Thrashers game last night (provided by our local CBS station, very nice!!! Thanks Anne!). They won, of course. Kozlov had the hat trick as well. I even saw my new roommate there, and I hung out with him and his friends for a bit.
My training is going to get some heavy action this weekend. Although I have a party tomorrow night and then a wedding shower (GA v. Auburn game theme!) on Saturday afternoon, I should be able to fit in a morning ride, and then Sunday I am going to get either a run or a swim in (or both for that matter).
One of my fraternity brothers from Georgia Tech is training for the ING Atlanta Marathon on March 25th, 2007. I told him I might be interested in competing in it, but I will have to let him know in another week or so. I do need to get my running mileage up though, and this might be a good way to do it. He was one of those people I spoke of earlier this year who was interesting in starting to compete in triathlons because of watching me compete in them.
I don't have too much else going on for this post. I will try and get to some of your blogs later on tonight. Right now I am going to get out there and "pound the pavement!!!"
Murtha...
4 comments:
One sure way to make you commit to getting that running mileage up is to sign up for the race! Don't wait too long, however...you should be starting that marathon training very soon. ;)
So, I replied on my blog to your comment about the marathon, but I'm going to reply here too. :-) It will take weeks to fully recover from your marathon, so you should look seriously at your schedule for 2007 before deciding to include a marathon - do you really have enough time to recover and peak again for the half-IM? It may set you back too far, plus it's way more miles than you need to do to prepare for a half-IM. I won't even run more than 18 miles or so as I prepare for Ironman Canada. I'm going to get my volume by frequency, not duration.
Oh, one other thing: Both Danielle (my training partner) and I agree that a marathon, though typically shorter in duration than a half-IM, is just so much harder on your body. Something to think about - I wonder if other triathletes think the same thing?
Thanks for the advice Jessica! I will look into this and then make a decision about my schedule for next year.
Have a great run!
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