103 days.
16 weeks.
4 months. (+/-)
Until…
I haveget to run another marathon 
I’ve written here before about this race and I really am excited for everything about getting to be in Orlando, going to DisneyWorld, etc. But I am extremely nervous about training for and running another marathon! My last marathon took everything I had running-wise and I’ve been really struggling with getting my running mo-jo back ever since. But something happened last weekend at my half marathon, I realized I am totally capable of running this 2nd marathon if I just decide I am going to do it. I didn’t stress out and train for this half marathon but I was still able to just show up on race day and have fun. I don’t kid myself that the same thing would happen with a full marathon but I did realize I won’t have to give my whole life over to marathon training to make a finish happen. And finish time does not matter – at.all!
So I logged into my favorite training program creator, Smart Coach, and put in all my specifics and it put out a plan that only requires me to run twice a week. I’m not sure if that’s the best idea ever but it seems so much more doable for me at this point in time! I’m also not going to stress about getting all my long runs done either, probably more like 80% of them or so. I don’t want to hate running by January 13, 2013 like I did by the time I toed the start line on June 24, 2012! I’ll likely add a few shorter runs during the week in lieu of those long runs.
I’m going to restart my Marathon Monday posts so we’ll call this week one! Next week I will recap all my workouts from the past week, a little running, a little biking, a little whatever! Somehow I’ll make it work and be a marathoner x2! And Sister will be a Marathoner x1!!!! It’s going to be a busy couple of months but now it’s game on!
I’m very pro-run less. And I agree that you don’t want to hate running. That’s not the point! Sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders when it comes to training. Good luck! Get that Mickey!*
Feels so weird to be “training” for something but not really running that much, ya know?!? But since I don’t have lofty time goals, I think I will be ok… or I should say I hope I will be OK!
Yay for marathon 2! After everything that’s happened this season, I just know you’re going to enjoy this time around! I mean, Disney AND running with your sister–what better way to spend the race?! I’m hoping to find a little marathon motivation through your posts!
Yes, I sure hope so! And I feel so much less pressure just because I have done one so I no longer can convince myself that I am unable to do a marathon (which I believed for quite a few years…) and bad runs here and there are not make or break, neither is bad weather that cancels a training run. Geez, I was ridiculously obsessed with training last time around… no wonder I got sick of running
Hopefully one of my “training” runs can be done with you in your neck of the woods. I miss that lake trail!