I'm planning to get back to running today! I actually felt ok on Tuesday afternoon and debating doing a little kickout that night or yesterday, but didn't want to push it. I'll probably just do a couple of miles on the treadmill today, but it'll be nice to feel less like a blob. I'm thinking I'll do a "long run" of around 5 miles on Saturday, but we'll see.
We've been talking about our race goals for 2018. We considered:
Spring races:
- Pittsburgh - Decided to hold off since
@MoanasPapa has already run it.
- Rock 'n' Roll DC - It's so early in March (3/10) that I'd worry about the weather - it was frigid last year.
- Flying Pig (Cincinnati): Would have to fly, and need to limit flying trips (see Chicago in the fall for why)
- Publix Atlanta: Same thing with the flying, though we do have friends there we want to visit. Maybe next year.
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Cleveland - The guy that got
@MoanasPapa in to running lives there now, and our families try to get together once a year. OK. Great. Spring race sorted.
Fall Races:
- Parks again: Nah.
@MoanasPapa wants to do ones that would be more festive (crowd support, new cities, etc.).
- Chicago: Bucket list run for me. Plus, we have a lot family there, and could see his parents coming out to see that family and watch our kid during the race. Perfect! But... wait... that would be a lot of travel cost. Family is far enough out that we'd need to do a hotel, and flights for three of us, and we'd want to stay several days because we love it there. We'd rather use that money for... WDW 2019 Half in January! YEAH!!!! (bonus: we decided to aim for Chicago 2019, which will be right around our 10th wedding anniversary, so a great way to celebrate).
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Philadelphia: Later in the year than I might like, but it's an easy drive from here, and we could either get my dad to come with us to help with our kiddo (he likes Philly), or if he doesn't want to do that, he'd be happy to watch her for an overnight. Great. Settled.
So here's a rough outline of what's next, then:
- Marine Corps 10k - 10/22/2017
- Turkey Chase Charity 10k - 11/23/2017
- Cherry Blossom 10-miler (if I get a lottery spot... most of my friends did last year) - 4/8/2018
- RiteAid Cleveland Half - 5/20/2018
- Philadelphia Half - 11/2018 (date TBA)
- WDW Half - 1/2019
- Chicago Half - 9/2019
Will probably sprinkle in several 5ks and 10ks, too, and I'm sure some of the late 2018-2019 stuff could change... they're still so far off.
@DopeyBadger - If you're willing, I'd love your help training plans for these halves. I'm figuring we can use the 10ks to figure out where my fitness is now. Now that I know that I can cover the distance, my goal would be to run Cleveland at tempo (btw, moving pace for Parks was 11:36... so not quite tempo but not bad!). There's a lot of time between now and Cleveland, so no rush. I would, however, love to get your thoughts on what I should be doing in this off-cycle to maintain a good base before training in earnest again, if you have any advice!