Every mile is a mile in the right direction.
My two miles tonight may not seem like much to you, but to me.....it signifies forward progress.
You see, last night, I was looking at my planner and realized that I did not set a running goal for June. You know what that means? It means that I have not been running. Smh.
As I looked at my Nike Run Club app, I was shocked to see that I had one run logged on June 4 and no other run logged until June 16. Wow! It was almost two full weeks. Yikes!!
That's exactly what happens when we fail to plan. It's true! When you fail to plan, you plan to fail. So I encourage you to set your plan today. Although it's late in the month, it's not too late to set a plan for the remainder of the month.
That's the beauty of goals. They can be created or altered at any given time.
The other beauty about goals is that they are personal. My husband continues to run at least one mile per day. Although that it not my goal, I can still encourage him while I pursue my own goals. My goal is to get my running time back down.
I have started to see progress in this area.
During the month of May, my goal was to run 100k under an average pace of 10 minutes per mile.
Guess what?!
Yep, I did it. I finished the month with 67+ miles at an average pace of 9 minutes and 59 seconds.
It was not easy and took focus, perseverance, and commitment, but....I got it done!
Guess what else? On Saturday, I also ran my fastest 5k time in a while. No Personal Record (PR) but remember progress is progress as long as we moving forward and not backwards.
I must say though that sometimes it takes a village of support. I have good days and great days. Running with Black Girls Run! Sweat With Your Soul Remix of 2018 in Jacksonville was so exhilarating for me. I ran my race, mu pace. There was support. There was camaraderie. There were smiles and so much joy. It was such a beautiful day and a great experience.
These recent runs are a reminder of what I am training for. My ultimate goal for 2018 is to run the Zooma Half Marathon on October 21 in UNDER two hours.
I have two "practice" races before then so...
Let's get to work!
Wait, you will join me at the race, right???
You can register at http://zoomarun.com/race/florida/. PLUS, you can use code MARQUITA2018 to get a 10% discount. Woot woot!
Join me...PLEASE :)
You see, last night, I was looking at my planner and realized that I did not set a running goal for June. You know what that means? It means that I have not been running. Smh.
As I looked at my Nike Run Club app, I was shocked to see that I had one run logged on June 4 and no other run logged until June 16. Wow! It was almost two full weeks. Yikes!!
That's exactly what happens when we fail to plan. It's true! When you fail to plan, you plan to fail. So I encourage you to set your plan today. Although it's late in the month, it's not too late to set a plan for the remainder of the month.
That's the beauty of goals. They can be created or altered at any given time.
The other beauty about goals is that they are personal. My husband continues to run at least one mile per day. Although that it not my goal, I can still encourage him while I pursue my own goals. My goal is to get my running time back down.
I have started to see progress in this area.
During the month of May, my goal was to run 100k under an average pace of 10 minutes per mile.
Yep, I did it. I finished the month with 67+ miles at an average pace of 9 minutes and 59 seconds.
Guess what else? On Saturday, I also ran my fastest 5k time in a while. No Personal Record (PR) but remember progress is progress as long as we moving forward and not backwards.
I must say though that sometimes it takes a village of support. I have good days and great days. Running with Black Girls Run! Sweat With Your Soul Remix of 2018 in Jacksonville was so exhilarating for me. I ran my race, mu pace. There was support. There was camaraderie. There were smiles and so much joy. It was such a beautiful day and a great experience.
These recent runs are a reminder of what I am training for. My ultimate goal for 2018 is to run the Zooma Half Marathon on October 21 in UNDER two hours.
I have two "practice" races before then so...
Let's get to work!
Wait, you will join me at the race, right???
You can register at http://zoomarun.com/race/florida/. PLUS, you can use code MARQUITA2018 to get a 10% discount. Woot woot!
Join me...PLEASE :)
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