Guess What Time of Year It Is?

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It's practically summer, which means (in my book) that it's time to train for the Maui Marathon again.

I am excited.

I have several goals for this year - one of which is to keep a better record of training on this blog. Sad for you if you aren't into running, training, or reading about it. Happy for you since my iphone ate the pictures I took on my runs this week, so I can't upload them. Anyway, here are the preliminary deets:

What: 42nd Annual Maui Marathon 2012

When: September 16, 2012   5:30 am.

I am following Hal Higdon's 18 week training plan. Either the Novice 1 or Novice 2 plan. I still need to decide. This is the first week and so far so good, despite a rough start.

Workout Breakdown:

Monday - 3 miles (am) - not pretty. Had to walk the last mile. Couldn't breathe, couldn't find my stride, my knee hurt, whine, whine, whine. Finished anyway, just not how I was hoping to.

(*reminder to myself: when you treat your body like crap over the weekend - fast food, no sleep, etc - don't expect it to want to run well come Monday morning)

Tuesday - 3 miles (am) - much better. No knee pain. Slower pace, took it easy.
                 Strength & Tone class @ the Y (pm) - awesome as always. My silly noodle arms are actually gaining muscle.

Wednesday - REST. Glorious rest.
Thursday - 1.5 - 2 miles (am)
                     Strength training at home (pm)

Friday - REST

Saturday - Long run, either 6 or 8 miles, depending on if I do the Novice 1 or 2 program.
Sunday - REST

I'll figure out a better way to list weekly workouts on here, because let's face it - the above isn't pretty. But for today it will have to do.

Anybody else training for anything? Do share.