I really haven't had a topic come to mind in the past month or so to write about but one hit me today....plans...
Now there are two types of plans it seems to me: life plans and plans to reach a goal.
The first type never work out. This has been made painfully aware to me and re-iterated over the past week or so. Life is always at work to mess up said plans. So with that in mind I'm trying to spend more time looking at what's around me and less at achieving some mythical "plan". That, however, is another discussion for another day.
Tonight, I'm more concerned with the second type. My goal this year is to run a half marathon. I've already registered for the Rock'n'roll half marathon in Philly in September. Since it's already bought and paid for I better run it. As I told my running support, Julius, I AM going to earn that 13.1 sticker this year. When I made the decision I started looking for training plans. I can run a 5K without too much trouble (may not run it fast, but I can), I've accomplished a 10K, but now to tackle the half? I obviously would fail at being prepared if I took this on without any help. I found an app from Runner's World Magazine that has all sorts of plans already created and all you have to do is follow it. It got me thinking, how many of us set up a goal but miss the steps to get there? Anything can be accomplished in small steps if we take the time to figure out what those steps are. Nowadays there is so much information at our disposal (mostly via the internet) that I bet almost anything you want to do has a plan already created for you.
So with that, on Monday, I officially start my half-marathon training. 212 days until it's time to run the half-marathon so I will be ready for it. 13.1 sticker for my car, here we come!
