Finally, 6 miles!

Although I have no idea whether or not anyone even reads this blog (it's mostly for me to keep on track anyway), I was starting to get embarrassed about making so many excuses for not getting to my next goal of a consistent 6 mile training. Only once have I only gotten that far, but that was a few weeks ago. Now, I'm half way through my training (2 of 4 months) and feel I should be nearly half way through being able to run a the 13.1 miles needed for the half marathon.

Well, on Thursday I had another excuse for not going to TNT training. Dana didn't want to go if it was raining. I don't blame her because it's bad enough that we sometimes run in the cold--usually Saturday mornings. Rain on top of being cold is just miserable. And why should we do that when we have a nice gym to work out at instead? :) Really, it was an excuse not to go out to the track on Thursday because it didn't even rain and David went without us and had a great time! Dana and I did go to the gym though. I would really have been mad at myself if I didn't do that at least.

Weekday's at the gym around 6-7pm is not really ideal, however. I have my favorite type of treadmill, the one with the built in fan! At that time of the evening however, I get what I get. And I didn't get the one with the fan. So, I ran/walked my 4 miles and was done. I was too hot and didn't really have enough motivation to do more than that. Oh well.

Friday was a pretty busy day for me, so no training then :(

Saturday though, was our early morning TNT training run. Although I was dead tired and didn't want to wake up to go, it was nice that Dana and David offered to pick me up this time and take me with them. We went to the Coyote Creek Trail (another new place for me). This time I was determined to get my 6 miles in. Our choices were 6-10 miles anyway, so if we didn't do the 6 miles, I feel we'd really be feeling behind now. Also, Dana got a cool new watch to time our intervals. She set it for 4:30 minute run/2 minute walks. I felt good that that would keep us on track. (Superstar David would do the whole 10 mile run.)

Dana and I did pretty well. We walked more than we had planned on the last two miles. But I was very happy that when we were done, we again had the attitude that we could have done more. Although I know that is how it works when one practices/trains, it still amazes me at what I am able to do these days!

Well, my goal is to continue doing 6 mile runs this week. My preference has finally changed from training on the treadmill to running on the trails, but it's harder during the week to get out to the trails. We'll see.

In the meantime, I really need to do more fundraising. I have a lot of pressure right now as most people have already raised half of the funds needed. Basically, I only have a month to do almost all my fundraising. I admit, this is not at all my favorite part. I struggle a lot when it comes to asking people for money. Even when people offer their help, I don't always take them up on it. Uhhhh. The pressure is on and I really need to get on it. Maybe my posts over then next week or so need to be dedicated to my progress on fundraising. Who knew that running would be easier than asking people for help???? Ok, well I'm taking today (Sunday) off from training, but promise myself to do some fundraising. Wish me luck!