Start tomorrow!

Tomorrow I start my pre-training "training" plan. Just a moderate way to get my miles up before I start my 1/2 marathon training. Woo hoo.

New plan!

So I walked to work last night in the snow and it was glorious! Too bad it's not like that all the time here, or I would do it every day. The only thing is that it took like an hour, and it's just too dark at night to walk that far, but in the snow it seemed a lot less dark.

For my birthday, I am registering myself for 1/2 marathon that's in Seattle in June. Woo hoo! I need to get my miles up...I think I can do that in 6 months. I'll probably hit some 5ks and 10ks depending on my work schedule, but I see those as part of the training.

Yay!

Outside again!

So I bought a smartwool neck gaiter that I'm using as a headband/ear cover, and I actually took it outside today. It was AMAZING! About 40 degrees out and clear, totally invigorating! Wow. I ran through the park and around to the cemetery. There's a long trail section that connects the park to the cemetery, and it used to take me 25 mins/half an hour to get there, and today, it took 14 minutes. That was great. Apparently the treadmill is working :) So now on clear days, I think I will take it outside, and do the treadmill in the rain. I still need a buddy for weights, but running alone is the thing I guess.

I ran 23 minutes all together, so apparently the section I run is about 2 miles. I used to think it was way longer because it took so long. Guess I need to add more to the run. I'll probably do a loop through the cemetery and more of the trails in the park once I am ready to add more to it. Those stairs still suck.

All together it was great to get back outside. Wore long pants, long sleeve purple, light vest, and smartwool band. I need better socks I think, the shoes ventilate a little too well for winter--smartwool for sure!