I’m not racing this month. I’m doing the MS Walk with some friends on the 21st, but that’s not a race scenario. This is my month to prep for the Pittsburgh Half. Not sure I’ll beat my PR on that course, but I’m sure gonna give it a go. 🙂
- Lose 5 pounds. I’ve been kind of a slacker. I’ve been bouncing between 141 and 143 for the past month, but not making any real progress. My diet has been sloppy. Time to get down to business and get this shit done. I want to see a 3 in the 10 spot of my weight.
- April “RUN YOUR ASS OFF” Challenge. I like this WAAAAY better than the March “RUN EVERY DAY” Challenge. The goal is still to run at least 1 mile every day. BUT if you miss a day, you run 3 miles the next. Miss two days? Run 5 miles. SOOO much more doable for me, because I will need some rest days and this will allow me to not feel like a slacker/failure for missing a day. Â
- Register for my last June race AND my full marathon.Â
- Work on my core strength. I have decent core strength, but I can feel yesterday’s half marathon in my obliques, which means they need some work. So, to prepare myself for the rest of my race season, I will be doing more core work.
- Do another 15 mile run. I love running long. And running 15 before my half made me feel strong, powerful and confident. I want to do it again. 🙂
- CROSS TRAINING. I have an obstacle race coming up in the first part of June. I NEED to work on my upper body. And I need to make sure I’m balancing the muscles I use for running so I don’t injure myself. This means I need to get serious about cross training, and in particular, adding in strength training on a regular basis.Â
I think those sound like solid goals. Mostly fitness. All totally doable. Bring it on, April!