Well, this is my first post and I'm not sure anyone will actually ever read it but what the heck. I am finally in "serious" training for my first (hopefully not last:)) half marathon. I have been running for about 2 months but am just now really buckling down and looking towards the goal. I have registered for the City of Oaks Half Marathon in Raleigh, NC on November 1st! The word on the street is that this is a pretty tough and hilly course and in fact the sales girl at the running store said "If you can do this one you can do any one", oh boy!
My mom and I are also planning to run the Disney Princess Half Marathon in Disney World in March. From what I have read about this race is supposed to be a blast! I am really excited for it but have to get the City of Oaks under my belt first.
I bought new shoes yesterday and ran in them for the first time this morning. I found out at the store yesterday that I pronate significantly more in my right foot than my left and bought stability shoes to fix that. I bought the Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 and they are very different to run in than my old New Balances. I can tell they are turning my foot back out which should eventually make it easier to run and keep my ankles from bothering me so much.
My goal is to be able to run 5 miles by the end of August and 8 or 10 by the end of September. These are big goals but I think with a lot of work and hopefully no injuries I can do it. I mean when this all started I could barely run 1/2 mile without dying and somedays I couldn't even do that. I never thought I would say this but I actually really like running, I guess that is a good thing cause I've got a lot of it ahead of me!
