Surprise! I decided on an early spring half as I alluded to in a previous post. I don’t have a definite plan picked out but am currently reading Jack Daniels’ Running Formula and recently finished Pfitzinger’s Faster Road Racing and still have the Kara Goucher 10 Week Plan I was kind of trying for January’s Austin 3M Half. Mainly I’m hoping to just up the mileage into the 30’s and do some half marathon pace-specific work and see what happens as I attempt a slight PR. I’ve been using my (optical wrist) heart rate monitor and trying to keep my easy runs to Levels 2 and 3.

Week 1; 12/3/18 – 12/9/18: 26 miles over 4 runs, including the Ted Corbitt 15K. (9.3 miles plus warmup and cool down).

Week 2; 12/10/18 – 12/16/18: Only 9 miles (2 runs) because of work and hosting a friend. But time-consuming work project ended, so hopefully it’s back to some AM runs again. I won’t be up by Central Park as often on weekdays, but it’s worth it for the extra sleep and flexibility.

Week 3; 12/17/18 – 12/23/18: 23.9 miles over 5 runs; long run of 8.3 miles.

Week 4; 12/24/18 – 12/30/18: Ended up with 2 unplanned rest days on top of my actual planned days. There was travel and Christmas too. 12.4 over 3 runs.

Week 5; 12/31/18 – 01/06/19: This was supposed to be a higher mileage week. I pushed my long run from the week before to Monday the 31st and went for 9 miles. On New Year’s Day, I did 3 on the treadmill after being tired all day. Then I woke up in the middle of the night with a sore throat that kept getting worse. I took off Wednesday – Friday as a cold took over. Other then some seasonal allergies, I haven’t been sick-sick in some time. Boo. I managed to get another long run in on Saturday for 9 miles in the rain then took off completely Sunday. Total: 21 miles. Pushed off the Super Week until the next week.