I went to the doctor yesterday, he redid the x-ray on my foot and ankle and confirmed that there is no fracture. He suggested that the pain I am having appears to be consistent with tendonitis and is something that is basically an overuse injury. He recommended taking an additional week-and-a-half off. He also recommended running every other day, and cross-training on the other days. He said that if it is painful, Ice and Ibuprofen are excellent options.
I also went online yesterday and found that there are KT tape applications for what I have going on, so when I do start running again, I will be using those to see if they help to minimize my symptoms.
I will be starting Couch-2-5k plan on March 11th and working toward the Quay 5k in June. I won't run more than 3 miles between now and then, and I am hoping that my hard work will pay off with a 5k time under 40 minutes. After that I'm going to start doing additional training, speed training, and longer runs, in the hopes of doing the Diva Half Marathon in DC in September. If and only if I finish the Diva Half in under 3:30 will I consider attempting the Princess Half Marathon again. I want to have no doubt in my mind that I can and HAVE completed a half marathon in under 3:30. I will then continue to train to improve for a Half Marathon on Valentine's day in Myrtle Beach. I would love to have it under 3 hours.
Krista
Showing posts with label Goals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goals. Show all posts
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Sheer Joy and excitement...
So I keep asking myself if I REALLY think I can do this, train for a half marathon and run 2 in 3 months. Do I really have it in me? Can I really finish in under 3 1/2 hours as is required by the Princess Half Marathon pace? Am I setting myself up to fail?!?!
Well, here's what I figured out....The minimum pacing requirement for the Princess Half Marathon is 16 minutes/mile and maintaining that for the entire 13.1 miles. So, I felt like I was incredibly slow at the 5k, and was wondering how far I had to go to get up to pace for the Princess.
So, I decided to go look at my splits for the Diva Girl's 5k. According to the results website, My average was 16:50/mile at the Diva, this was with no training at all. I set a goal for a pace of 17min/mile, and beat that by 10 seconds/mile, which doesn't sound like much, but it worked, and it is a HUGE success in my book. So, basically, in order to be able to meet the pacing requirements, I need to shave 50seconds per mile off my pace, and I have 9 months to do that. I feel like this is COMPLETELY do-able.
So--I usually hold off on setting goals for anything other than finishing until the day of the race, knowing where I am physically and mentally. How well I have trained, etc. I am NOT going to get wrapped up in success or failure of the mission being based on time, but in a perfect world, I'd like to finish the Battleship Half in 2:45 on November 4, and then maybe finish the princess in 2:30. These are pretty lofty goals right now, and I'm aware of that. I have always said that people will rise to the expectations you set for them, so I'm setting my expectations high and shooting for the stars.
Krista
Well, here's what I figured out....The minimum pacing requirement for the Princess Half Marathon is 16 minutes/mile and maintaining that for the entire 13.1 miles. So, I felt like I was incredibly slow at the 5k, and was wondering how far I had to go to get up to pace for the Princess.
So, I decided to go look at my splits for the Diva Girl's 5k. According to the results website, My average was 16:50/mile at the Diva, this was with no training at all. I set a goal for a pace of 17min/mile, and beat that by 10 seconds/mile, which doesn't sound like much, but it worked, and it is a HUGE success in my book. So, basically, in order to be able to meet the pacing requirements, I need to shave 50seconds per mile off my pace, and I have 9 months to do that. I feel like this is COMPLETELY do-able.
So--I usually hold off on setting goals for anything other than finishing until the day of the race, knowing where I am physically and mentally. How well I have trained, etc. I am NOT going to get wrapped up in success or failure of the mission being based on time, but in a perfect world, I'd like to finish the Battleship Half in 2:45 on November 4, and then maybe finish the princess in 2:30. These are pretty lofty goals right now, and I'm aware of that. I have always said that people will rise to the expectations you set for them, so I'm setting my expectations high and shooting for the stars.
Krista
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