Just finished my first ever race which was a pretty tough half marathon trail and I thought I would be psyched to be off of a training plan. Honestly, I'm immediately missing the routine and the satisfaction of looking at the hard weeks and powering through it. I'm already eyeing up some half (or maybe full!) marathons for the fall and itching to get back to it.
The Machine stage is obviously the best stage :) When I was training for my half marathon a couple years back, it wasn't quite full-on machine, but I reached a point where I could do that double digit miles and then 7 or 8 miles the next day back-to-back and feel good doing it. That kind of feeling is always the goal!
I've been training partner-ing with a friend who is running Boston for the last few months. It's their first marathon and I've watched this exact process from the other side. You've nailed it and it's fun to see. I've got a 10 mile race on Sunday, a half marathon in early June and then I'll start my training for New York. I'm excited for these stages myself.
Just finished my first ever race which was a pretty tough half marathon trail and I thought I would be psyched to be off of a training plan. Honestly, I'm immediately missing the routine and the satisfaction of looking at the hard weeks and powering through it. I'm already eyeing up some half (or maybe full!) marathons for the fall and itching to get back to it.
The Machine stage is obviously the best stage :) When I was training for my half marathon a couple years back, it wasn't quite full-on machine, but I reached a point where I could do that double digit miles and then 7 or 8 miles the next day back-to-back and feel good doing it. That kind of feeling is always the goal!
I've been training partner-ing with a friend who is running Boston for the last few months. It's their first marathon and I've watched this exact process from the other side. You've nailed it and it's fun to see. I've got a 10 mile race on Sunday, a half marathon in early June and then I'll start my training for New York. I'm excited for these stages myself.