Day 1 of Training

I'm kind of jumping into the middle of something with the start of this blog.  A little less than a  month ago I registered for the Tinker Bell 1/2 Marathon at Disneyland, CA.    I am really excited!  My sister who lives in Alaska will be coming down to run it also as well as a good friend that lives near me.  I have run/walked a couple of 10ks in the past couple of years but nothing as ambitious as a 1/2 marathon. I have been training since I registered - but it's more to just get in the mode of running on a regular basis.

I was not an active kid, and it's always been hit and miss in my adult life.  Starting to train for a half marathon at the age of 45 - yes, I did dare to say it - is a little intimidating.  This week I am starting to truly follow a training schedule and have 3 months to get myself ready.  I want to truly remember this endeavor from training to the day of the event so I thought blogging about it would be a good way to do that.

Today was a run day.  I ran for 34 minutes, 2.5 miles, 13:63 pace.  Not a real fast pace but you do need to know a few more details to put it in perspective.  I run with my training partner, Blue, my 3 year old Queensland Heeler.  He works hard to motivate me to go faster, especially when there is a squirrel up ahead or in the today's case, bucks crossing the road.  There is a 1/2 mile section of our run that he is off leash and he takes advantage of that time to get his running out of the way before he has to be burdened by my much slower pace.  The rest of the run I work hard to keep him going but sometimes the sights and smells are just too much as we need to take a quick break here and there.  I figure it will only make it seem just a tad bit easier when I'm running on my own.