Half marathoned

Beginning

Middle

End?

I was shooting my mouth off before the race, talking about the full marathon in 2014. Then I nearly slowed to a walk at 19K because I was done, there was nothing left. Except some guy sitting on the side of the road who yelled, "Don't give up, keep running!" Ahem. Sir. You're a jerk. And thank you. 

So I don't know about the full next year. Though I do have 363 days to train...

Half an update

The Manitoba Marathon (I'm doing the half) is 19 days away. I've got under three weeks left to bump my farthest distance ever (16K last fall) up to 21K. Right now I'm at the 13K point, keeping an average pace under 5:30/K.

Here's what I've learned so far. It ain't much, so please add your thoughts in the comments and our collective wisdom will carry me over the finish line.

1) Don't skip training days

2) Sports glide was forged by angels

3) Those new runners (above)? Worth every penny

4) Don't drink two cups of coffee the day of a run. The energy/hydration trade off is not worth it.

5) Music makes running a thousand times easier (any Songza playlist recommends would be appreciated)

6) Don't judge yourself too quickly, the first few miles are always a warm-up time. And don't judge yourself at the end, you're still working toward a goal and there's time to make it. So judge yourself in the middle ;)

Half Marathon / Half Crazy

I just registered for the Half Marathon portion of the 2013 Manitoba Marathon.

I do my best work under pressure, but this still seems like self harm. Toward the end of last summer, I was in pretty good shape and able to do 16K. But that's as far as I've ever run and, in the interim, CreComm's all-consuming schedule  nicely knocked me out of shape.

All that to say, if you're looking for me, every second evening I'll be out on the road. Wanna run?