10 day countdown

I am on the 10 day countdown to my first half marathon....I did the TC 10 mile last year....but adding those 3.1 miles makes a difference...along with the heat and humidity.....I have to say I am not as nervous for this race as I was the 10 mile last October....I know I am more prepared physically and mentally then I was last year....and this race is going to help me prepare me mentally for the full marathon in October!

This past weekend with the weather....power outage....and life kinda got in the way of my overall training plans....my long run was supposed to be 12 miles....well I didn't make it that far on Saturday.....we went running too late in the day....the heat and humidity were killer.....and almost getting hit by a car can put a damper on anyone's run as well....

But the plans this week are to stay consistent with the training plans that my cardio trainer has given me....and retest tomorrow for my heart rate training....basically from what I have been told and read you want to stay in your fat burning zone for long distance running, and for training for a marathon....since fat is a more effective fuel than glycogen.....so my long runs, threshold and speed tempo runs are all geared specifically for me at specific heart rates and speeds from a cardio test I took in the middle of May.....but my body and heart are quickly adapting to the work load....I know my long runs are consistently around a 9:30-9:40 pace when originally it was showing a 11:30 pace.....and my threshold and speed runs I can't even get my heart rate close to where it needs to be......so I am retesting tomorrow.....and kinda nervous for the new speed workouts that I will be getting afterwards!!!

I am excited for my first half marathon.....and hopefully the weather cooperates and doesn't get too hot like it did last year and they had to cut it down to only 5 miles....but I guess we will see next week!