One month and 16 days to go

So I am one unhappy, unlucky lady tonight...one month and 16 days to go till my half marathon and I have two sore quads!  I have a new trainer at the gym who is having me do step ups onto a weight bench and lunges...not a good idea maybe.  RICE is the word of the day and I am really hoping it works because I have 7 miles to run in two days and 8 miles to run this coming weekend....wish me luck!

So until next time, please be careful, stay strong and keep running...unless you are injured and then remember RICE :)

Week 4, Here I Come!!!

Today starts the beginning of week 4 in my half marathon training and I have to say I am feeling great!!  O.k. maybe not right at the moment but for the most part I am killing it!  I say that I am not feeling so great right now because I am having some back soreness.  I so don't want to admit it, but I think it is my shoes.....the Brooks Pureflows.  I have only been wearing them on short runs of 2-3 miles but I am finding that they just don't feel quite right and I have been feeling a few more aches and pains after I run in them.  But I sooo wanted these shoes and wanted to be able to have a pair of shoes to use to avoid putting all of my training miles on my sauconys so that I would not need new shoes before the big race!  It was to be a perfect plan....until it started not working to well.  It is looking more and more like they will be come gym shoes.
This weeks events:  Monday:  Gym
                              Tuesday: 2 miles
                               Wednesday:  Gym
                               Thursday:  6 miles
                                Friday:  Rest
                                Saturday:  2 miles
                                Sunday:  7 miles
Now to see if Miss Mother Nature is going to cooperate with me for my Thursday run....

So until next time, having good running shoes is important, keep running and stay strong.