Marathon Training Week one

I have run a total of four marathons...after the last, one of the hottest Wisconsin days on record in October, I thought I might be done with fulls (as point of reference, this was the same day that someone died running Chicago and they closed the race down half way through). My thought was, Half marathons are a bit easier to train for and seemed to fit into my busy life more easily.

That was until last year, when my running partner, a newbie who I talked into running a half, suggested we try a full. I figured since I was the one who convinced her to do the half in the first place, I should man up and do the full as well....So, here we are at our first official week of Marathon Training. We chose the Chicago Marathon. I figured if she was only going to do one (which now has changed to "maybe after Chicago we could...."), she / we should do one of the biggest races in the country.

We just finished a half marathon this last weekend...the Cellcom Green Bay Half / Full. (This was the same event we ran last year, before the thought of another marathon had entered our heads) So the next month is all about maintaining our current level of fitness while adding some strength training, speed work and yoga to the mix. Today is strength and core...this after the race Sunday, yoga Monday and a quick two miler yesterday (was supposed to do three, but I had to get to my daughter's track meet).

So as I sit and contemplate just what I have gotten myself into, I thought restarting my blog would be a good idea. If for no other reason than it would give me a great place to journal my race thoughts. Consider this entry number one in what hopefully will be a summer and early fall filled with great running memories.

Happy Running to you (and me too!)
Shelly