Diva’s Half Marathon, May 5, 2013

On May 5th, I finished my second half marathon with a goal time of 1 hour and 55 minutes; completing in 1 hour and 48 minutes. My running skills have really come a long way since this time last year. I used to loathe running and exercised on and off for years. As stated a million times in my previous blog posts, I could barely run a mile straight without needing to stop for air. I am proud to say that I have found a new love for running and love this goal I accomplished for myself.
I have decided to take a few months off of training for marathons to focus on the upcoming move to Arizona (plus, no summer runs there) and other techniques of exercise.

Below is my approx. intermediate training schedule for this past half marathon and my playlist.

Week	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
1	CT	30 min tempo	Rest or CT	4 mi	Rest	5 mi	3 mi EZ
2	CT	4 x 400 IW	Rest or CT	4 mi	Rest	6 mi	3.5 mi EZ
3	CT	35 min tempo	4 mi	3 mi	Rest	7 mi	3 mi EZ
4	CT	5 x 400 IW	Rest	4 mi race pace	Rest	7 mi	3 mi EZ
5	CT	35 min tempo	5 mi	3 mi race pace	Rest	8 mi	4 mi EZ
6	CT	6 x 400 IW	5 mi	4 mi race pace	2 miles EZ	Rest	10K race
7	CT	40 min tempo	5 mi	4 mi race pace	Rest	9 mi	4 mi EZ
8	CT	6 x 400 IW	6 mi	3 mi race pace	Rest	10 mi	4 mi EZ
9	CT	45 min tempo	5 mi	4 mi race pace	Rest	11 mi	Rest
10	CT	7 x 400 IW	5 mi	3 mi race pace	Rest	12 mi	3 mi EZ
11	CT	45 min tempo	Rest	3 mi race pace	Rest	5 mi	3 mi EZ
12	Rest	4 mi	30 minutes 10K pace	2 mi	Rest	20 minutes	Race Day!