Thursday, July 15, 2010

My 10K Training starts...now

So we had our reunion meeting tonight for my 5K No-Bo training group and it was so great to see everyone again. We all laughed that we didn't recognize each other in regular clothes when we were not covered in sweat. I actually had started running out at Tin Roof 2 with a group of runners on Monday night, so I had already seen many of the people I ran with during No-Bo.

I had to decide what I wanted to do next...and have decided to run my first 10K on Labor Day. There is a 10K in Franklin, TN and I plan on signing up for the race by the first of August. A few of my friends will start 1/2 marathon training on September 11 for a 1/2 marathon in Las Vegas the first weekend of December. I know I'm going to do the training with them, and if I can come up with the money to travel to Vegas, will run the 1/2 marathon with them.

Of course, training for a new race means I won't even be able to take off from running while at RWA. I talked to a few of the people I ran with each week, and was told as long as I ran at least once or twice while gone, I should be fine with my training. I has already planned on bringing my running shoes, now I know I will use them at least once while I'm on vacation.

I still plan on running a 5K each month while training for both the 10K and the 1/2 marathon, because that was my goal once I started my first training. Will also train in January, as planned, for the Music City 1/2 Marathon in April. I love the group of people I met while running and look forward to my runs each week.

2 comments:

Paula R said...

That's awesome, Liza! I will try to run with you while we are at RWA. We'll see how it goes for me. Call me out of shape. Maybe, I need to find a group to run with, then I will be more disciplined and motivated to get off my rear. I will look into that. See you around the blogosphere.

Peace and love,
Paula R.

mslizalou said...

Paula, even out of shape you can probably run with me. Especially since I run/walk intervals. Plus I'm not super fast. I figure if nothing else, I'll run on the treadmill(you know if it is too hot outside).