I give in....

I give in... I realize that I need a target race to get me on the road with a purpose... I have enjoyed my laid back running since the Marine Corps Marathon last year, but I need to get back on the horse before I get as big as a horse!

The races I have run since the marathon have been run/walks with the kids. While I enjoyed those, it has allowed me to not really train very hard. With the Reedy River 10K less than three weeks away, I realized that I need to target something for motivation. I am not looking forward to finishing the 10K at the one hour mark because of my weight and lack of training.

So I have signed up for the Greer Earth Day Half Marathon in April. It will require a lot of training for me to get ready for that. I am allowing myself to shoot for 10 minutes longer than my run last year of 1:57. Even though all three of my half marathons have been under two hours, I want to finish this one around 2:05 and take that into some summer training for the Midnight Flight 10K on Labor Day and the Spinx Half next October. The football schedule was good to us as far as the Spinx goes this year, so I should be able to run it.

As bad of shape as I am in right now, I almost though about gearing up for a return to the Marine Corps Marathon this fall. However, I thought about some of those long runs and decided to postpone the full marathon for at least another year. I may wait three more and run it when I am 45....

So, off to Runners World I go to generate a training schedule!