March Recap

These were my March goals:

1) By the end of the month I will be able to run 8.8 miles or 14 kms.

Achieved! I ran 14 kms this past weekend.

2) I will run 4 times a week and will go to yoga once a week.

Almost achieved. I missed one run last week and did not reschedule it or make up for it. I went to all of my yoga classes, but 2 weeks were cancelled due to Spring Break. I wish I could say I did some yoga on my own, but I didn't.

3) I will do interval training on the treadmill once a week. By the end of the month, my fast interval will be 7.0.

Surpassed this goal! Last week my fast interval was 7.3, or 8:20 per mile which is a big improvement from where I started. This week I didn not do intervals, but tried a hill workout instead. More on that later...

Overall, I feel good about March. I've seen big improvements from where I was a month ago, and I know I'm pushing myself harder than I did when I trained for last fall's half marathon. I've also lost 4 lbs. I didn't start running with this goal in mind, and don't really want to lose more weight, but it kinda makes me feel like I've done something more this month as I didn't lose any weight at all in February which was a bit of a surprise after 3 months of sedentary lazy-assness.

After Sunday's near-death experience on THE HILL, and today's first attempt at hill training since running cross country in grade 10, I know I need to spend more time running on hills between now and the half marathon in Vancouver on May 2nd.

By the end of April I will be able to run the half marathon distance.

In April, I will continue to run 4 times per week, including one interval session on the treadmill, and will run up THE HILL or another similar hill at least 2 times per week. I will continue to increase this distance of my long run each weekend. I will also add a cross training workout to every week by doing Deep Water Running, Aquacize, or another aerobics class of some sort at the rec centre beyond my usual Wednesday night yoga.