Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Spring Half-Marathon Plans: SLC Half-Marathon

snuggling with my new niece
I got back to my mountain fortress early yesterday morning after a great conference and a hellish day of travel from the east coast, which could have admittedly been much, much worse due to the Polar Vortex's mayhem-causing powers. I had a wonderful time in the lower 48 visiting family in Louisiana, which was wonderful and relaxing, and attending a conference in D.C., which was wonderful and exhausting. I was hoping to see more of D.C. and visit some museums and monuments while I was there, but I was so busy with meetings, presentations, and meet-ups with friends and colleagues that I saw nothing but the conference hotels.

Unfortunately, due to illness and travel, I have yet to go for a run in 2014, but I'm planning to do an easy run/walk a little bit later today to get back on track (hopefully without provoking a coughing attack). This first wog of the year will begin (again) operation rebuild the base for me, because I have registered for a half-marathon in April. Due to a serendipitous confluence of events, it looks like I will be able to combine a trip to give an invited lecture at a university in Utah with running the SLC half-marathon on April 19th. I'm really looking forward to both opportunities!

In a couple of weeks, when I have a few runs back under my belt and it's a little closer to the event itself, I'll pick a training plan for the race. Are you running any spring races? What do you do in the pre-training-schedule-periods of your running year? How's the start to your new year been? I hope my Midwestern friends and readers are all safe and warm!
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  1. UnknownJanuary 7, 2014 at 2:37 PM

    I'm planning a spring half marathon for late April and I created a training plan that started last week already even though I still can't run!! I guess in the pre-season time, I have maintenance work outs built in.

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  2. Lisa's YarnsJanuary 7, 2014 at 6:41 PM

    That is awesome that you can combine a work trip with a race! That is definitely optimal. I haven't ran a spring race in so long as the last 3 springs were spent studying for the CFA and I never could balance training + studying (even though I tried to and had a couple of DNS's). I won't run a spring race this year either since I am still not able to run, but maybe next year. I am hoping to be back to running and able to run a fall half!

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  3. K @ TSJanuary 7, 2014 at 8:24 PM

    Its good you were able to travel a little bit and to fit in family time, work time and relaxing time all at once! In the preseason, I usually set a goal mileage for myself which is lower than my week one mileage, for example if week one is 30 miles, I try to run between 20-30 miles in the preseason weeks. I'm not sure what your schedule is, but you know they say you should be able to run x amount of miles before starting? I just try to make sure that is possible.

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  4. materfamiliasJanuary 9, 2014 at 4:15 PM

    That's a busy "break" you had! no wonder you ended up with a cold -- hope you bounce back quickly. . . .As for running plans, I've signed up again for BMO and I hope I can make it to the start line this time. My physio seems to think I've got a good chance, but I'm on the edge of that cold right now and nervous about losing a training week or two. We'll see. . .

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  5. Rosiecat24January 13, 2014 at 8:15 PM

    Yay for a spring half-marathon! Man, I wish I could be more consistent with running inbetween races, but I'm really terrible about it. I don't have a problem staying active, but I get lazy and don't run as much as I think I will. Ultimately, I think that's why I keep signing up for races--I like the pressure and the buzz from racing ;-)

    Happy running, dear friend! I hope you are healing and getting some more wogs under your shoes.

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  6. JoannaJanuary 21, 2014 at 1:02 PM

    So I'm clearly way behind in blog-reading, but, um, YAY! SLC in April!! (you know I'm here now, right?) I'm not planning to run that race, but will likely spectate or volunteer. Let me know what I can do to be a good local running hostess!

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