2013 The New Me

I am 2 weeks away from being able to start training for my 2013 running season. After a month or so of physical therapy, I seem to have fixed a few of my nagging issues, and am almost ready to start training again. 2013 is going to be a little different than the last couple of years. I feel I have gained enough strength to start building my speed back up. My plan as of right now baring any pain, or future set backs is to train for and race a 5k every weekend from the middle of March until the middle of June. My goal race for the spring is the Riverbank 10k, but I am going to try to go off of more raw speed training than the long and slow strength based work that I have done in the last few winters into spring. I am finding that I am too worn out by the time I get to July. This year I am going to build speed until the middle of June, take a couple weeks off and then switch gears for my end of year event which will be the Grand Rapids Half Marathon. No marathon for me in 2013, I will revisit my marathon goals for 2014 if I can stay healthy all year. Sounds like a plan.

5k

I have taken off a couple weeks to heal and do some physical therapy. Today I joined a fun community 5k and allowed myself to push it for 1 mile of the run. Its amazing how out of shape you can get in a couple of weeks. the good news is I am starting to feel much better. My hips are relaxed and I had no pain while running. I am going to ease in to this week enjoy 3 full days of physical therapy and start training again next weekend. Excited to start again.