Training

I need to start my training next week for the KC ½ Marathon in October. I have been running but not nearly as much as I should be…it is just too hot and humid. Yes, I can get up early but I have been having a difficult time doing that, and even then it’s still 78 degrees with the heat index in the 80’s already. Ryan is going to run the full marathon and started his training program a while ago. I don’t love running, but it is a challenge to me and I feel good after I’m finished. I ran the KC ½ back in 2007 and my goal this time is to beat my previous time which was 2 hours, 1 minute, and some change. Ryan ran it with me and he really pushed me. If it weren’t for him I probably would have finished around 2:15 or 2:20. Ryan then ran the full marathon in 2008 while I was pregnant. He just mentioned the other day that it seemed much easier to train for that marathon than it is for this one…duh, really? You think it was easier before we had a baby!? Of course, he had much more free time back then! ;)