The Whole Half - Week 4

Yuck, not the best week. This week I switched over from the 10k training schedule to the half marathon training schedule. The half marathon training schedule is only 12 weeks long and I have about 24 weeks until the race, so I'll just do each week twice, which is a good thing because this week needs a do-over! 

I'm having trouble sticking to a training schedule that has me exercising 6 days a week. On a good day my job wears me out. On a bad day my job annihilates me. So when I get home after a long day of teaching hormonal teenagers in the midst of their angst-ridden lives about factoring polynomials, all I want to do is sit on my couch and eat macaroni and cheese, not go to the gym and get sweaty. Don't get me wrong, I really love exercising. It's just not always how I want to spend my time.

But this doesn't change my goal. I still want to run a half marathon. I just need to get over the inconvenience it's causing me and focus on the goal. A goal isn't worth setting if you don't have to work for it, right?

My long run this morning was supposed to be 4 miles again, which I know I can run because I ran it last week. Unfortunately my brain wasn't in the right place and I stopped at around 2.6 miles and then walked home. Not a terrible day, but not the greatest. I think this week is going to need to be better if I want to continue to believe I can do this thing. If anyone has any ideas or things that they use for staying encouraged and making exercise routines fun, feel free to throw them my way... UNLESS your advice is to work out in the morning. I get up at 5 am on weekdays just to get to work, people. I will NOT get up any earlier than that, so keep that advice to yourself!