Half-marathon
Today I completed week #1 of a 14-week half-marathon training course. (A half-marathon is 13.1 miles.) I ran 7 miles out in the suburbs of Beaverton/Tigard as my long run for the week, and the weather was quite nice. I’ve been planning on doing this for a few months, so I’m excited to get started! I’ve not yet registered for the half-marathon I intend to run (Race for the Roses) because I want to wait a bit to make sure that I think I can handle it, both schedule-wise and physically. I’ve started a second part-time job this term, plus I’m still doing school full-time, so it’s possible that training could get pushed to the side in favor of homework or socializing. And my knees do occasionally hurt a little bit after longer runs on pavement and/or hills, so I’m going to wait to sign up until my knees have made it through a few long runs.
I am going to register for the Shamrock Run 15K as an intermediate goal. 15K = 9.3 miles = about halfway between a 10K and a half marathon, so it seems like a good stepping stone. Plus I’ve already run 9 miles on the treadmill and my knees handled it okay, so I’m not too worried about them being able to handle it on pavement after a couple of months of training. I did the Shamrock Run 5K last year and it was kind of miserable because of how many people there were. However, I don’t expect there to be nearly as many people running the 15K, so hopefully it will be fun!
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