I have registered for my first endurance race post-baby!
You may recall that I vowed not to enter a half or full marathon until baby boy turns 1. In one way it's been hard to honor that promise, because, well, I love to race! Except in races where I bit it hard on the wall, I've generally had a blast running half and even full marathons (see here, here, and here). But at the same time, it also hasn't been that hard because I've been really, insanely busy over the past few months. There will be some reprieve from some of the chaos soon, which will free up some time for training.
I looked for a race reasonably close to home, in April or May, and on a reasonably easy course. On the suggestion of a friend, I gave the Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon a second look and decided that it fit the bill. I will be running in Springfield, IL on April 6!!*
Training will officially begin late this month. I am SO excited about finally having a reason to make a training plan--complete with color coded runs and weekly mileage totals--for myself. I'm not shooting for a PR. I don't have a concrete time goal, but will set one once I do some speed work and time trial miles to see where I'm really at on pace.
I love this time of year when people are picking races and setting goals. Do you have an exciting new race picked for the year? How did you handle goal setting for a return to racing?
*full disclosure: yes, this is a few days before baby boy turns 1. Whatevs.
5 comments:
We'll mark our calendar and perhaps we can come cheer you on and hang with the boys!
Exciting! I look forward to following your progress. I spent several hours this weekend looking at schedules and pricing tickets and trying to make a spring half work in late March, but it's just too expensive since we currently only have one income.
Great news, Joanna. Spring halves are my favorite!
Hooray, that's exciting!
Awesome for you...and you will rock it.
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