Another race in the books! This race is the race that got me into running. It officially marks the end of 2nd full year of running. I’ll need to eat my words in this post… I mentioned winning my age group was an unrealistic goal… well, I actually ended up doing exactly that! I was SHOCKED to say the least. I earned a shiny new PR (only by 9 seconds) and I won an iPad at their raffle. To say it was a great day would be an understatement. I think my distance training really helped on this race. The 3.11 miles flew by! Before I knew it I was up the highest elevation part of the course and heading toward the finish line. I think one area I didn’t focus on enough were intervals. Prior to my stress fracture, I was doing intervals a few times a week. I was getting a lot faster. I’ll be adding intervals back in and strides a few times a week. I’m also going to add in the Bikini Body Guide workouts again. They were killer and definitely made me stronger and faster. Next year is the 20th race, so it’ll have a lot more participants and I’ll be in a new age group. If I want to place in my age group again next year, I’ll really have to step up the training. This week is my peak week for ½ marathon training. I’ve got over 45 miles scheduled for the week. I hope my body keeps up! My 10 miler tomorrow is going to be split into 2 runs (5 miles in the morning and 5 miles after work). My long run of the week is 14 miles! I can’t wait for the ½… it’s going to be a great time and I’m beginning to think I like running longer distances better than short. I’d love to hear from you. What races do you have coming up? Hope you all have a great week!
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