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Mid-Weeks

Although long weekend runs are what everyone envisions when thinking about training for a marathon, mid-week runs are something I have always struggled with. Waking up at 5:30 AM on a Saturday for a run by the ocean is a lot easier, at least for me than getting in 3 miles twice a week after working all day and doing your normal routine.

That being said, the mid-weeks runs, especially in these early weeks are probably more important as this is where I will be building my cardio and just getting my body used to running again. Running is a use it or lose it sport and since I haven't run consistently in a few years, I am back to square one with building my endurance. In addition to working on cardio, mid-week runs is a place to work on interval training to help with speed.

As I mentioned, historically I have struggled with these mid-weeks but since I am, you know, running a marathon in a few months,  I needed to find a way to get these in.

World of Beer has a run club. I know, that sounds funny, but they do. They meet every Tuesday night and have routes ranging from 2-6 miles. I figured I would be more motivated to run with a group than by myself so I went to my first run last night. It happened to be bridge night which they have once a month. We ran over a small bridge and although we are in Florida and our bridges don't really compare to bridges in NYC, it is a start. 



2.6 miles on a hot, humid and buggy night but I did it!

Shout out to my friend Rachel for her photography skills and joining me at run club!

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