OK, cool. That's kind of what I was thinking - at least for the first two-thirds of the training program. I'd probably transition it back to normal on the final few weeks so my running days during training will line up with how Dopey breaks down.
Up until this point, I've done all my long training runs (and my half) solo by myself. I mean, my husband has run at the same time, but he's faster than me so it's not like we were pacing each other or anything - just riding in the car together to and from the trail. I guess, mentally I'm in the place where it's really just me and my race
... I'm going to be running this thing "by myself" - I know, I know ... I'll be with thousands of other runners, but in the end it's really just me.
I think I made my mind up yesterday morning officially. We were in Dallas to do a charity walk for our best friends' daughter via March of Dimes (she was born premature - 27 weeks!! - but is in perfect health at 8 years old!). The walk was a 5 mile course out by White Rock Lake in Dallas. We got there early because I wanted to get a run in, so I ended up running the whole 5 before the walk started and then went back out and walked the 5 mile course again. The run kinda stunk, because mentally I just haven't been into the whole running thing since I finished my first half - but after about mile 2, all I could think about was Dopey. "You'll never finish Dopey if you can't even do this stupid 5 mile run!" and things like that. I finished the last two miles with the best negative split that I've had during my training (we're talking almost a 2 minute improvement each mile). So, I think that's probably what sealed the deal for me.
