Here’s the thing. I paid good money to run a half-marathon on February and yet my training efforts have been practically non-existent. If there’s one thing that motivates me, it’s the fear of wasting good money, and spending money on a race that I can’t or won’t train for is definitely a waste!
Race day is in 46 days (thank you very much, website counter!), and I’m challenging myself to run 87 miles between now and the start of the race. That’s one mile for every dollar I spent on my race registration. (Holy COW, that’s an expensive half marathon. Thank goodness that running, as a sport, is pretty cheap.) 87 miles divided by 46 days means I need to average 2 miles a day from now until February 15. Considering that I am basically starting from running 0 miles a day, that feels like a lot.
Will I get there? We shall see! But I’m going to try.
Here’s my log that I’ll be keeping to track this project. (I heart data!)
Day Miles Run
12/28/14 3
12/30/14 1.2
12/31/14 0 (sick)
1/1/15 0 (still sick!)
1/2/15 0 (still sick!)
1/3/15 0 (getting better…)
1/4/15 2 (whew! finally went out for a run!)
1/5/15 0
1/6/15 2
1/7/15 0
1/8/15 0
1/9/15 2.2
1/10/15 0
1/11/15 1.5
1/12/15 0
1/13/15 2 (13.9 miles total as of today—more than a half-marathon!)
1/14/15 0
1/15/15 2
1/16/15 0
1/17/15 0
1/18/15 0
1/19/15 2
1/20/15 0
1/21/15 2
1/22/15 0
1/23/15 3
1/24/15 0
1/25/15 0
1/26/15 0
1/27/15 2.5
1/28/15 0
1/29/15 2
1/30/15 0
1/31/15 0 (woke up sick today)
2/1/15 0 (sick AGAIN!)
2/2/15 0
2/3/15 0
2/4/15 0
2/5/15 0.9 (run/walk: 1 minute run, 1 minute walk, repeat 8 more times)
2/6/15 0 (ugh, still sick…)
2/7/15 0
2/8/15 0
2/9/15 0
2/10/15 0
2/11/15 1.7
2/12/15 0 (I think?)
2/13/15 0 (drove to and from Dallas today to pick up JD)
2/14/15 1.5 (short riverside run!)
2/15/15: RACE DAY!
TOTAL: 31.5 MILES
Price per mile: $2.76
