Half Marathon Training Diaries: Week 2 Feeling Like Less Than Superwoman

This blog is a great opportunity to outlet my thoughts, feelings, and experiences, but I always have at least 10 more things on my list that I would like to do with it.

I’m also working on my Master of Business Administration, just got a 5 month old puppy last week that needs lots of attention and training, work a full-time job, training for a half-marathon, keeping tabs on the new house we’re building, attempting to keep our house looking clean and presentable, managing the household finances, and being a good wife.

So yeah…I’m “busy”.

Sometimes I’m super productive. I can get SO MANY things done in just a couple hours. Other days, I just want to shut down and do nothing. Is that what they mean by finding balance? Finding balance in life seems to be an on-going journey.

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My half marathon training started off strong this week

Monday

Scheduled: 3 miles easy

What I Did: 3 miles, nice and slow. I felt a little stiff Monday from my cross training on the spin bike Sunday (my first time trying out the spin bike), but it was nice to have an easy run to get into the second training week.

Tuesday

Scheduled: 30 minute Tempo Run

What I Did: 2.62 miles/27:21 duration.

I thought my loop out an around the pond would be about 30 minutes, but I underestimated the pace of a tempo run. My husband decided to join me for this run, which was fun.

We started off with a nice, slow pace to warm-up. After the first half mile, we picked up the pace a little. The second split (I get my split times every 0.50 miles) was at a 9:52 pace, which is just under my half marathon goal pace for this upcoming race. By the time we ran around the pond (about our halfway point) we were running at my goal 5k pace, about 8:55/mile. We kept that pace up to the 2 mile point, and then started to slow down with a super slow cool-down pace at the end.  

I felt AWESOME at the end of this run. SO much better than my speed workout last week!

Wednesday

Scheduled: 3 easy miles

What I Did: 3.05 miles

I was feeling better for this run. After an awesome tempo run Tuesday, 3 easy miles seemed really easy. I enjoyed listening to a Marathon Training Academy podcast and really relaxed into the run.

Thursday

Scheduled: Rest day

What I Did: Rest!

Actually, I was really glad I didn’t have a workout on the books Thursday. I got off work a little later than normal.

My husband also got off work WAY later than normal because he had to take care of some extra things before he could leave. When he got home, I had dinner almost ready and we just talked for hours about everything that happened throughout the course of the day.

It was nice to just relax and talk…I’ve been hyper-focused on being as productive as possible with my time lately, and I needed a break.