carissanboys
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I was just looking through my most recent issue of Runner's World magazine and saw an ad for a series of events down in the Outber Banks in April. The Outber Banks is only an hour to an hour and a half drive for me. They have a triathlon, marathon, 5k and the Flying Pirate Half Marathon.
I decided to look at the website and the description of the course and pictures got me really excited. Part of the half runs through real wooded trails and near the Wright Brother's Memorial.
So, am I crazy to be thinking about registering for another half when I have yet to run even one race??
I have realized that I will always need to have some sort of event to train for or else I think I will be lazy about working out. I want to always be pushing myself to work harder and meet new goals. I started thinking that signing up for this race will achieve that for me. It will be held three months after the WDW half and I think that will be plenty of time for me to get a bit of a rest and begin training again.
I have until sometime in November to sign up and still receive the discounted rate. I think I'll wait a bit and see how my training progresses and go from there.
I did get my 3 mile run in on Saturday. I was a bit sore from all of the squats and lunges from the previous day, but I decided to go ahead with my run. I was able to get out early enough that the humidity didn't bother me too much. Thanks to my Garmin, I could tell that my sore legs were definitely affecting my speed. I felt like I was putting out a good effort, but my overall time was a bit on the slow side. Oh well. I know I can't do that kind of leg work before a long run next time. I'll have to move my schedule around. My legs are still sore today, but thankfully it's a rest day.
I did 3.02 miles in 42 minutes.
I decided to look at the website and the description of the course and pictures got me really excited. Part of the half runs through real wooded trails and near the Wright Brother's Memorial.
So, am I crazy to be thinking about registering for another half when I have yet to run even one race??
I have realized that I will always need to have some sort of event to train for or else I think I will be lazy about working out. I want to always be pushing myself to work harder and meet new goals. I started thinking that signing up for this race will achieve that for me. It will be held three months after the WDW half and I think that will be plenty of time for me to get a bit of a rest and begin training again.
I have until sometime in November to sign up and still receive the discounted rate. I think I'll wait a bit and see how my training progresses and go from there.
I did get my 3 mile run in on Saturday. I was a bit sore from all of the squats and lunges from the previous day, but I decided to go ahead with my run. I was able to get out early enough that the humidity didn't bother me too much. Thanks to my Garmin, I could tell that my sore legs were definitely affecting my speed. I felt like I was putting out a good effort, but my overall time was a bit on the slow side. Oh well. I know I can't do that kind of leg work before a long run next time. I'll have to move my schedule around. My legs are still sore today, but thankfully it's a rest day.
I did 3.02 miles in 42 minutes.
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Not crazy at all!
Thanks for stopping by! Good luck in reaching your goals. 
I knew I recognized your name. 
It's amazing how much faster 4 miles outside goes than 4 miles on the treadmill. 
I felt great when I was done and have no worries about doing 5 miles now. 
He's been pretty good about not licking at his incision so I was able to keep the collar off most of the day yesterday and just put it on at night. Can't wait for him to be completely healed!
