Heyyo! I’m back! Although, I don’t feel as bad about not posting last week, because two weeks ago I did say that I might not post due to my Labor Day weekend plans. Anyway, I’m back this week.

So, as I mentioned in my last post, I am now just focusing on run/walking the half marathon. I am a little disappointed in myself for not following through with my training better. However, I am still excited to participate in the race! I am still nervous about the race, even though I know I won’t be running the entire thing.

I was talking to my roommate about the race, and she told me that she ran/walked a half marathon and was basically dead for the rest of the weekend afterwards. I was sort of hoping that if I didn’t actually run the whole thing, this wouldn’t be the case. I don’t even have the entire weekend to recover. The race is on a Sunday morning, and then I have class the next day at 8 a.m. But, do I really need that much energy to sit in class for six hours? I’m hoping not.

I did, for maybe one second, consider just not doing the race, but I already paid the money to do it, so I’m doing it. Also, I paid extra to get a bonus finisher’s t-shirt. That was definitely a rookie mistake. And probably one I’ll make again when I decide that I am actually going to run an entire half marathon. I just really like t-shirts.

Nothing has really changed in my “training.” I’m just working on making it to the gym three to four times a week and I try to run between three and four miles. Sometimes I’m only able to get about two and half in if I’m on a time crunch. Drew asked me yesterday if we could start running together again too. I’m really looking forward to that. At least I think I am. I like running with Drew. And we both go to the same school now, so we can use the same rec center!

Well, that’s all I have for now. Thank you again, and as always, for reading along and taking this journey with me. I’m sorry if you’re disappointed in me for not following my training schedule better. I’m a little disappointed too.

However, what I think is the most important thing is that I’ve maintained a love and appreciation for running throughout most of this process. And honestly, that’s why I’ve decided not to run the half marathon. I found myself feeling frustrated more than accomplished when I would go through a week and look back at the workouts that I did. Running was becoming more of a chore than something that I wanted to do. So, now I feel much better about running, and maybe in a year or two I’ll be more ready to run an entire half marathon. But not this year. This year I’m just going to work on enjoying running for 13.1 miles.