Time to do a half-marathon, or not
I’ve been running since December and now reckon it’s time to do a half-marathon. Thing is, my May is already so packed with events, I wouldn’t be able to fit one in now. Furthermore, the Comrades (89km / 56 mile internationally renowned race) is being held on the 15th, so the entire SA running calendar grinds to a halt for this event.
It looks like I’ll have to postpone my half-marathon until 12th July for a race at the Voortrekker Monument. That one should be a goody.
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Time to do a half-marathon, or not
May 9th, 2008 8:04 pm
bigdave_nv says:
running x6mo? oh, its time, just commit to it, pay the registration $ and start planning your training around it. I see TuksAlumni Legends 2008 half-marathon for 5/31. that’s your race.
if you are not experienced with the concepts of base, build, peak, you should look at one of Friel’s books (either the tri bible or the cycling bible). my point being that you won’t want to race each of those May events at 100% intensity or you might risk burning out. (getting sick, tired, demotivated, run-down, etc) categorize your events and run some as high intensity training rather than all-out race pace.
thanks for the blog comments - I’ve got a training hours target for the year that I’d like to hit after a slow january. I know june-july-august have plenty of hours to offer with long bike events, but I need to keep my intensity & motivation to peak for my “A” priority event in November, my first 70.3 half-iron race.
May 9th, 2008 10:50 pm
andreabona says:
andy,
nice that there is another rower, albeit former, around here. my scull is about 13 years old now and i dream of getting a new one, but as you said they’re too expensive. especially since i don’t really need a better boat, i only row for fun these days.
good luck!!
May 9th, 2008 11:42 pm
bigdave_nv says:
former rower +1
May 11th, 2008 9:12 am
Andy says:
Yeah, I think I’ll ditch the Mtb race for the half-marathon. Thanks for the comments!