Accountability

countdown to race: 120 days

Our training schedule is on every single calendar I own. I'm reading Run Like a Mother (which is great, you should really check it out) and telling everyone I know that we're training for the half.

Not only to brag, although I enjoy that part of it too, but so that everyone asks how it's going. It feels good to wow people with mileage and if we start slacking off, I'm going to feel like a loser having to say "Egh, we've been busy or it's just so hot" or any other lame excuse I've let throw me off a running schedule before.

It would be amazing to not miss a single run in a four month training schedule, but let's be realistic. We're parents, who work full-time and again, running is not our life. The important thing is that we keep a positive attitude and instead of making excuses, we work to motivate each other. And we might as well use our families, co-workers, calendars, etc. to remind us of the commitment we've made to running the half.

Keep On Keepin' On

countdown to race: 123 days

We missed a run. (read: We were lazy bums had a busy weekend) It was bound to happen eventually, I just didn't expect it to be so early on in our training.

It's easy to make excuses for why not to run, but you won't find any here.

There are going to be days when we don't follow our training schedule to a T. We have four months until race day. We are likely to miss runs here and there. That's no reason to get down on yourself or throw in the towel. All you can do is keep going.

Training Tip: If you miss one or two days of training, just keep with the schedule. However, if you miss a week or more, go back and pick up where you left off.

Just keep running, running, running (to the Finding Nemo "just keep swimming" mantra).