I’ve kind of let my exercise regiment fall to the wayside over the past month. For one thing, it got really cold — I know, I know, wasn’t I the one who would go running rain or shine, in the heat or in the cold, no matter what? Didn’t I run 1000 miles one year? What happened?
I stopped being so hardcore is what happened.
Since I feel better both mentally and physically when I exercise, I need to get back on the stick. I have my general goals, and then I have my reach-for-the-stars goal.
My exercise goals for 2012:
- Run at minimum 3 days a week.
- Lift weights at minimum 2 days a week.
- Run a marathon in under 5 hours.
Which means, running friends, I want to do another marathon. I did one in September last year and it was total crap: there was a five mile stretch both out and back that basically was a single lane through blond gravel, so it was painful, annoying, and blinding…for ten miles of the 26; they didn’t have enough water/refreshment stations and they weren’t stocked well; it was hot. I didn’t do well for a number of reasons, but one reason is that I need to concentrate more on training to do more than 26 miles. Most training programs for beginners/non-elite runners seem to taper off at 20 miles in the training, and every marathon I completely bonk out at 21 or 22 miles. So I need to work on training runs of 25 to 30 miles. I can’t believe I’m actually typing that out, but there it is!
So: let’s do another marathon! Santa Barbara’s half marathon was great, so I wouldn’t mind going back down there!