1/2 marathon in Maui in just over a week! The race was in the back of my mind the whole time I was doing my triathlon training. Knowing that I would have to start increasing my 6 mile runs every week weighed a little heavy on my mind. I really wasn't giving myself a lot of time to fully prepare for the race.
I did my first 1/2 last year and followed a much more structured training plan. I had more miles on my legs by this point in my training. My hope is that for this one, even though I haven't been running as many miles each week, with the cross training my legs are stronger. So far this theory is holding up.
The first jump in mileage went up to 8 miles. In the past 8 miles has been kind to me. I liked that distance and my body responded well to it. Not this 8 miles. This 8 miles was tough; shockingly tough. All I could think was "I'm in trouble". The next week I needed to do 10 miles. This time I got up extra early and was out the door by 6:00 am. What a world of difference. I ended up running almost 11 miles and could have kept going. Phew! Yesterday I did 12 miles and it was another tough one. However, I didn't get out and running until after 8:30. The late start and the heat really takes a toll on how effective a run you have. At least that's what I believe. I completed my run, but I had to dig down deep at mile 9 to keep running 3 more miles.
So, the rest of the time I get to scale back. Perhaps another 8 mile run and a couple 4 mile ones thrown in. Don't tell anyone that I've been bad and haven't done any hill work. I specifically picked the Maui race for its flat course and because it travels along the coast line. If you have to be running for at least 2 hours straight you might as well have something pretty to look at.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Waiting, and waiting, and waiting.
Sorry I haven't updated you regarding the race. I'll start with the bad and end with the good. I tend to think that it's the best way to do things.
- It was the worst organized event I have ever been a part of. The right hand definitely did NOT know what the left hand was doing.
- Nothing was computerized. Not even the registrations to differentiate who did the 5K run and who did the 10K run.
- We did not have timing chips. So we have no idea what our official time was in either the swim, run, and both combined.
- They started giving out awards to the overall winner of the race. Ummm...duh. There can't be an overall winner because if you ran a 5K of course you will finish before the person that did the 10K.
- The 10K wasn't even measured out properly and was short by an entire mile! Also, what was supposed to be a road race course was changed to cross-country.
- They did rock, paper, scissors for prizes instead of just picking out bib numbers
- They still do not have final results!
- The swim! Even though the directions were horrible and the tide was ultra low, it was so exciting to be a part of.
- I was the third overall woman out of the water! At this point things were not screwed up so I really WAS the third woman out. As you can tell I'm pretty pumped about this.
- I beat Jake (The Bachelor) in the swim. Oh, and even though he's supposed to be a douche he was pretty hot.
- I loved the combination of events and challenging yourself.
- I came in first in my age group for the 10K run. However, I think I was the ONLY female in my age group to do the 10K run. Hahaha!!!!!
- I can not wait for my first real triathlon.
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