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November 07, 2006

Registered!

As you can tell, I haven't been blogging. However, I have been running... sort of. I went through a rough couple of weeks, motivation-wise: I was running on treadmills during the week (ugh), I was on a new medication that has a diuretic effect which made long runs a challenge, and I just generally felt slow and out of shape.

So I took last week off. No treadmills, no long runs, nothing. I called the doctor and we adjusted my dosage, so I'm not getting as dehydrated. Then I readjusted my work schedule to go in a bit later, which gave me time to run in the mornings before work, and, man, did that make a HUGE difference. I had my best run in a while this morning. On top of all that, I realized something: Sure, I could train for the full Vegas marathon. I could probably run it and do a decent job. But I wouldn't enjoy any of it - not the beating myself into marathon shape in 6 weeks, and not the slog through a full 26.2 miles.

The half, however, would be totally doable. I made it through a (very slow) 11.2 miles on my first long run in a while a few weeks ago. So, with an extra 5 weeks of training, 13.2 would be manageable. Most importantly, it would be enjoyable. I could run 5 miles a day for 2-3 days during the week. I could do long runs of 12-15 miles. I could toss in another weekend run of 6-8 miles. All of this would be manageable and, like I said, enjoyable.

So today, I officially registered for the Las Vegas Half Marathon. It's not going to be a speedy PR race, but it's going to be a heck of a lot of fun.

Posted by Dawn at November 7, 2006 03:33 PM

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