Training for a marathon is typically 16 weeks. That's 4 months of running 3-4 days a week, plus cross-training. That's not a terribly long period of time, but being on a schedule like that for so long makes its exhausting. It's like being in school and desperately counting down the days until the end of the semester, catch my drift? I'm just sick of being on a training schedule. I want to go back to just running for fun (yes, it's possible).
See folks, this is why I want to be a hardcore marathoner (new word). In an ideal world, I'd be racing a half or full marathon every month. When I was in college and had funds from one of my many odd jobs I was racing once a month. These were much shorter distances, but I still had something to look forward to every few weeks. This was best for me because I was keeping up my endurance and distance but my training would change often enough to keep me interested. With a marathon you work so hard for so long for this one goal and then it's all over in just a few hours. I want to be at a much more elite level. I want to be able to sign up for a marathon on a whim, just a few weeks in advance and be able to handle it.
So what's holding me back? MONEY! It's a cash-flow problem, people! Reason #396 I need a job: racing is an expensive habit. Well, it could be worse. I hear cocaine is pretty expensive.
This week's runs: No Garmin this week, just trying to enjoy running
Monday: 3.5 miles
Thursday: 6 miles
