March Half Marathon Training Runs

Here are some March runs for my half marathon training!

March 4th: It was finally sunny outside, so I took advantage! I didn't get to run far, but I ran! I ran 2.51 miles in 24:46 outside :) I paced 9:51, which was right no target for me! Check out my route and heart rate here. 

March 7th: Atlanta Spartan Sprint - separate post!

March 10th: I needed to ease back into things after that Spartan! I started out at a 5.5 on the treadmill to get back in the groove and worked my way up to 6.0 by the end of 2.10 miles. I ran 2.10 miles in ??, which is a ?? pace. Then I did a HIIT workout on arms and abs! Here is what I did:
10 butterflies 7.5lbs in each hand
10 military press-ups 7.5lbs in each hand
10 right arm tricep kick-backs 7.5lbs
10 left arm tricep kick-backs 7.5lbs
10 squats and dumbbell raise 15lbs
50 bicycles
30 second plank
10 wall-sits with ball raise 8.8lbs

March 13th: I did a treadmill run of 2.10 miles in 24:33 and then did a Body Rock routine.
100 Russian twists in 1:11
50 Bicycles in 0:34
in 0:39
20 wall sit ball raises (8.8lb) in 0:28
Check out my heart rate here.

March 17th: Today I decided to do my 8.5 mile run on campus. I had a difficult run on this day. I did a lot of stop and go and ended up running this in 1:34:49. My goal was to be at 1:28:00 for this run, so I am about 5 minutes slow. But, I still paced at 11:09 on the whole, which was not terrible. I just think I started too fast and couldn't' sustain it. You can check out my route and heart rate here. My worst mile was mile 7 at 13:48. I was tired and my knees and hips were hurting. I made notes and will adjust my run for next time!

March 19th: I did a recovery run today and only did 2.23 miles on campus in 23:00. I paced at 10:19 per mile. You can check out my route here.  I was still sore, but it felt good to stretch run.

March 22nd: Today I decided to do my 9.5 mile run in my neighborhood and surrounding area. I was excited and got off to a great start, then...at 4.5 miles I walked to take my nutrition and drink water. This was a bad idea! I walked for 0.50 of a mile and ruined my run! I struggled the rest of the 4.5 miles until I finished. But still, I paced 11:38 on the whole and finished 9.5 miles in 1:50:34. My goal for this run was 1:45:00. So, again, I was 5 minutes slow. You can view my route here. Then, I did a 0.50 mile cool down walk in 8:31 to complete today at 10.0 miles. You can view that route here. If I added this to my total to make it 10.0 miles then I would have completed it in 1:59:05. I hope my next run is better than this! I really want to meet my goal of 2:30:00 for the 13.1 miles. We shall see!

March 25th: I am super impressed that I feel so good today! I decided to get a good 3 mile run in to stretch for my long run on Friday. Today, I ran 3.0 miles on campus in 29:17, which is a pace of 9:42. I felt good and it was so pretty outside! You can view my route here.  I was super pumped about my run and I hope to keep up this enthusiasm since I only have 10 more days until the half!

March 27: 11 mile run - separate post

Here is to the next workout! Until then!

April