Before this week, the last time I went for a run was the 5k during the Hartford Marathon, which was back in the middle of October (got my personal best time of 35 minutes and something). Being in a show got in the way of running, and then I just fell off the wagon. But today was my third day of training for the Greater Hartford 1/4 Marathon...6.55 miles around a reservoir in West Hartford on March 31. I'm in much better shape than I expected to be at this point, and I'm definitely in better shape than I was a year ago before I started running. So far, I've done 1.5 miles running Tuesday, then about 30 min. of elliptical/biking yesterday, and today I did 2 miles plus 4 1-minute intervals (run for a minute, walk for a minute to rest).
So far so good. With 12 weeks of training, I should be able to kick butt at this one. It'll be the longest race I've ever done, with second place going to the 5-miler I did last year on Father's Day in Branford. I didn't do as well at that as I would have hoped, so this time I'm hoping to stick to it and possibly even run the entire thing without stopping. That's my ultimate goal, anyway.
And whether that happens or not, I'll still be running a 5k two weeks later with my friend Charity, in the same Bloomfield 5k I did as my very first race last year. We're thinking about making it a tradition. :)
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