jele30
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2015
Hello my name is Jessie. My husband (Josh) and I ran the Dopey together this past January (2022). This wasn’t something that we went into planning in advance. Sure we had enough time to meet most of the weeks of a standard running plan, but the base was weak at best. Truth be told, the pictures came out for the medals and after bringing it up a few times to him, my husband said ok. When I asked him to run it, I didn’t think he would say yes. The longest race he had run prior was a 10k, so this would be his first half and full. It would be my first marathon, so lots of firsts.
When we finished the marathon, I thought we were done. We were happy, but glad to be done. It felt that we were the odd ones out as we talked to people on the bus and they seemed to be making plans for next year. For me, I was happy to have finished all four races and the accomplishment. About a month ago, Josh started to bring up running the Dopey again. He’s got the bug. I think I’d rather try Wine and Dine as we have never been there in the fall, but I’m sure I’m a couple weeks I’ll be on the Dopey train…
I’ve lurked round for many years and decided it was finally time to do a training journal. I know Dopey would have been much better for me had I been more consistent with my training. I knew I wanted to do things differently, so I’ll have my first chance with the Grandma’s half marathon in June. I’m starting week four of the Hanson’s half marathon plan (beginner). At best I was 2-3 days a week running prior with sometimes long gaps, but I worked on being consistent after Dopey (took 2 weeks off) so this plan is intimidating! One step at a time!
When we finished the marathon, I thought we were done. We were happy, but glad to be done. It felt that we were the odd ones out as we talked to people on the bus and they seemed to be making plans for next year. For me, I was happy to have finished all four races and the accomplishment. About a month ago, Josh started to bring up running the Dopey again. He’s got the bug. I think I’d rather try Wine and Dine as we have never been there in the fall, but I’m sure I’m a couple weeks I’ll be on the Dopey train…
I’ve lurked round for many years and decided it was finally time to do a training journal. I know Dopey would have been much better for me had I been more consistent with my training. I knew I wanted to do things differently, so I’ll have my first chance with the Grandma’s half marathon in June. I’m starting week four of the Hanson’s half marathon plan (beginner). At best I was 2-3 days a week running prior with sometimes long gaps, but I worked on being consistent after Dopey (took 2 weeks off) so this plan is intimidating! One step at a time!