Spring Training

Apparently, I lead a rather interesting and busy life. Otherwise, I'd be able to find the time and/or motivation to write my posts more frequently.

This week has probably been the slowest and most boring one I've had in a long while. It really puzzles me to try to think of why office people work the week of Christmas. My solution...surfing the internet. Yesterday, I had a very enlightening few hours of learning about mountain ranges around the world. Today, I have been looking everywhere for a good 5k training schedule.

For the past 3 years, I have tried multiple times to get into running. Not until recently did I come to the thought that I probably failed constantly because I didn't have a goal in front me. Any task or dream or idea is near impossible to complete or reach if you do not have a set goal and a detailed plan of how you will go about it.

Enter, 5k. Not only did I need a goal, but I also needed that goal to be realistic and attainable. My best friend in Virginia is training for her first 1/2 Marathon...definitely not something I should attempt at this point, but perfect for her. She's always been a runner, but is just now getting back into it after taking a short sabbatical. She may even come and run my first 5k with me! Back to my point, she has a detailed, 18 week (goodness, that seems long) schedule. In having that, she's been able to stay on track, and her endurance will be built up just in time for her mid-March 1/2 Marathon. This is something I definitely needed...

So, after looking quite a while for a training schedule, I end up at the Nike website. Thankfully, I have finally arrived at, what seems to be, a good 6 week schedule. I should start training at the end of January, and will, hopefully, be completing my first 5k on March 13...wish me luck!

Cheers.