Yes I’m still alive to whomever is reading this (probably just me lol). And yes I’m actually running and keeping up with my training. And yes life happened - like a lot of it - so I took a break from the blog. I’ll do a quick recap of each week below:
Week 10: Rose Bowl Half Marathon — I beat my last Long Beach Half time at 2:26:06 (beat it by 5 mins! This course was a lot tougher than the LB Half. My legs were trashed at the end so sprinting the last 200 meters took all my energy but I finished strong :)
Week 11: 15 miles that took me down — It wasn’t my first 15 mile run but it was a rare hot day in January. This was the first time in my training that I thought to myself, “what the hell did you sign yourself up for Heidi…” The rest of the week I felt defeated. This run gave me grit.
Week 12: I eased in back to the week to let my body recover and discovered my love for the rower at the gym! For church of the long run, I ran around Sierra Madre and practiced hills. Thankfully the weather was nice and cool :) I liked this run.
Week 13: 17 miles or pure happiness — I felt like I was back! I didn’t want to feel like I did for the 15 miles two weeks before. Everything felt right. I did have some clothing issues mainly my shorts but I just bought a new pair to test out this weekend!
BIG UPDATE: I have started a partnership with the running shop A Snail’s Pace! I was so happy to get their support for my running journey! You can follow along on instagram.
Sunday I’ll be back with week 14 recap :) So far, I’m really starting to feel like I’m fine tuning the long run sessions and seeing what’s really working and benefiting my performance. Excited to have made it this far! Let’s goooo!