Week 1 in the books 17 more until the BIG Show

This week my marathon training officially kicked off.  We had used Hal Higdon's half marathon program to get us ready for the Soldier Field 10 a two weeks ago, so we are a bit ahead of schedule.  We are keeping our long runs at 10 and not dropping back down to 6, as that is where the marathon training long runs start on his program.  Then the will merge in a few weeks. 

Today it is suppose to get up to 90, so we left the house at 545 am and ran our route around Westlake Village, which is our home turf.  We each carried a bottle and did a loop that went out and back to our house at mile 6 and we tried a clif block....and then finished the last four miles.....

I had a funny knee pain about mile 8 and made sure I iced it afterwards and feel pretty darn good this afternoon!

Only 17 more weeks...wow..... doesn't seem very long, but October feels like a long time away!!!

Happy Running!
Amanda

This book has the potential to change my life...

I received Hal Higdon's Marathon - The Ultimate Training Guide for Christmas from my husband.  I swear by Hal and have used his half marathon training program for my half marathon in September.  

I am only a few pages in and I can't stop reading.  I am going to be a marathoner.  I am ready to take on this challenge. 

It is speaking to me, Your life will never again be quite the same and regardless of what the future brings, you can look back and say, "I finished a marathon."

I'm not sure when my plan is going to come into the focus, however, this book is going to be the foundation to which I rely on during this journey......