In just a few hours, it will be May 1st, which means we are exactly one month away from my half-marathon on Virginia. It is hard to believe it is coming up so quickly. I feel like there is so much to be done. So I have been trying to get caught up on some rest, but I have to jump back in tomorrow.
Training has been good. I made it through 7 miles on Sunday with a steady run/walk pace, averaging under 12-minute-miles. But I am still pretty far behind. The Team Challenge group is preparing to run 10 miles this weekend and I think trying to hit that goal is going to be pushing it just a little. I am staying in contact with our team coach on what she thinks might be an appropriate training schedule for me in these coming weeks. I’ve got a lot of ground to make up, but I’m feeling positive about it.
I am also a little behind on fundraising, but picking up the pace there, as well. The Happy Hour and Belk Charity Day Sale have gotten me back in the game and I’m still waiting to find out how much I brought in by working the day of the sale. Hopefully that will bring me even closer to my goal. At this point, I’m not worried about reaching it, but I am a little disappointed in myself for not working on it the way I had planned at the beginning. But as I’ve said before, I just took on too much and got caught up in all of it.
I’m getting up early to get in a quick 4 mile run in the morning. I wish the sun was up a little earlier so I could run outside, but I suppose the treadmill will have to do for now. I have been tempted to sleep in, but with only a few short weeks left and already being behind, I have to stay on top of the training. It’s going to be an intense month leading up to this race.