Reading the March edition of Runner's World, I was excited to learn that the Runner's World Challenge is coming to the True North Strong and Free; land of the Polar bears; land of the buck toothed beavers; and land of maple syrup--- Canada! Yay! Pretty good, eh?
I checked out RW's website and though there isn't a lot of information up yet, the Challenge training plan starts on June 27. It targets the Goodlife Toronto Marathon & Half Marathon that's set to hit Toronto streets on October 17. It's the only Canadian destination.
Yay! Yay! Yay!
As I posted in my "upcoming races" section, I'm planning to run the Mississauga Half in May. One of my other goals is to run a marathon before Baby Max turns one (November 12). The Toronto Marathon is scheduled at the perfect time. In the past I ran the Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon two weeks earlier, but this year I don't think I'll be quite ready that soon.
I'm still in recovery mode from my pregnancy and I want to give myself as much time as possible before running my first marathon postpartum. I also don't want to rush the training. A few Runner's World issues ago - before I began running postpartum- I read about how successful the challenge went. My favourite running mag profiled some of the runners and finishers. I was very inspired. Many of them completed a PB. I'm not going for a PB this time around. For me, the thought of finishing all the training and ultimately the 26.2 mile distance (healthy) is all that matters.
My current training regime is going well. Since I've become somewhat "afraid" of the cold (haha) I'm alternating running indoors and out. I've now added some short tempo runs and my LSD runs are now about 6.5-7 milers. So...it's slow, but sure. I think this is my best strategy. For, the tortoise also followed it and ended up actually beating the hare!
Hey RW, Yes! I'm up for the challenge!
2 Comments:
I just found your blog! It's great. Like you I ran through my pregnancy and then I trained for and ran a marathon when my daughter was 9 months old.
Can't wait to hear more about your journey!
That's great. Good for you. I found that some of my best times came in the year following the birth of my kiddos (extra red blood cells?). You might be happily surprised!
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