In the books

The first training run is in the books: 30 minutes this morning and they sure kicked my butt. My lungs (thank you asthma) and my legs were telling me that it had been two weeks since my last run. The good news is that it can only get better after today. After my back injury, I decided to switch from the TLAM Half Marathon: Own It plan to the Jeff Galloway Half Marathon Time Goal plan. My body responds well to the Galloway method and I think that is a perfect fit for me considering my recent injury. I am still planning to use the TLAM: ½ Own It plan for my half this next March. I just need to get back into the pace of running without injuring myself.

With the Galloway plan, I am working on some speed. I attempted some Acceleration Gliders this morning. From my unprofessional opinion, they are very much like strides, but use hills to pick up your pace. That is part of the reason why this run was so hard, I played with my pace the whole time. I know that I need to do more HIIT training and it was my first day back. Excuses, excuses. I will get faster. I will get physically stronger. I will get mentally stronger.

ATL Half: Half Marathon Training Schedule for Time Goal Runners

Week	Fri	Sat (CD/Acg/p)	Sun	Mon (h)	Tues	Wed	Thur
	10-Aug	11-Aug	12-Aug	13-Aug	14-Aug	15-Aug	16-Aug
1	off	30 min	off	30 min	easy walk	off	5 miles
	17-Aug	18-Aug	19-Aug	20-Aug	21-Aug	22-Aug	23-Aug
2	off	35 min/MM	off	35 min	easy walk	off	6 miles
	24-Aug	25-Aug	26-Aug	27-Aug	28-Aug	29-Aug	30-Aug
3	off	35 min	off	35 min	easy walk	off	7.5 miles
	31-Aug	1-Sep	2-Sep	3-Sep	4-Sep	5-Sep	6-Sep
4	off	45 min/MM	off	40 min	easy walk	off	4x800
	7-Sep	8-Sep	9-Sep	10-Sep	11-Sep	12-Sep	13-Sep
5	off	45 min	off	40 min	easy walk	off	9 miles
	14-Sep	15-Sep	16-Sep	17-Sep	18-Sep	19-Sep	20-Sep
6	off	45 min/MM	off	45 min	easy walk	off	6x800
	21-Sep	22-Sep	23-Sep	24-Sep	25-Sep	26-Sep	27-Sep
7	off	45 min	off	45 min	easy walk	off	11 miles
	28-Sep	29-Sep	30-Sep	1-Oct	2-Oct	3-Oct	4-Oct
8	off	45 min/MM	off	45 min	easy walk	off	8x800
	5-Oct	6-Oct	7-Oct	8-Oct	9-Oct	10-Oct	11-Oct
9	off	45 min	off	45 min	easy walk	off	13 miles
	12-Oct	13-Oct	14-Oct	15-Oct	16-Oct	17-Oct	18-Oct
10	off	45 min	off	45 min	easy walk	off	10x800
	19-Oct	20-Oct	21-Oct	22-Oct	23-Oct	24-Oct	25-Oct
11	off	45 min	off	45 min	easy walk	off	15 miles
	26-Oct	27-Oct	28-Oct	29-Oct	30-Oct	31-Oct	1-Nov
12	off	45 min	off	45 min	easy walk	off	12x800
	2-Nov	3-Nov	4-Nov	5-Nov	6-Nov	7-Nov	8-Nov
13	off	45 min	off	45 min	easy walk	off	17 miles
	9-Nov	10-Nov	11-Nov	12-Nov	13-Nov	14-Nov	15-Nov
14	off	45 min	off	45 min	easy walk	off	Easy 5 miles/MM
	16-Nov	17-Nov	18-Nov	19-Nov	20-Nov	21-Nov	22-Nov
15	off	45 min	off	45 min	easy walk	off	1/2 Marathon!!!
	23-Nov	24-Nov	25-Nov	26-Nov	27-Nov	28-Nov	29-Nov
16	off	45 min	off	45 min	easy walk	off	4 miles
	30-Nov	1-Dec	2-Dec	3-Dec	4-Dec	5-Dec	6-Dec
17	off	45 min	off	45 min	easy walk	off	6-12 miles

Next run is Monday after I put the boys on the bus! I might try going to the pool tomorrow, depending on how crowded it is. I am looking forward to going while all the children are at school and I won’t have an audience.

It’s a great day for running, happy running y'all!