*KLING*

.:* 2012 Training Log *:. 2012 Savannah Marathon, Nov 3 Goals:  * (Reachable) Finish  * (Medium) sub 5 hrs  * (Hard) 4:30 **July 1:** First day of training..just a short 30. Im not really into running right now..sure hope my attitude changes or this will be a LOOONNGGGG 16 weeks. **July 2:** 21 min pick up run in the morning. It's so much cooler at 6am! This felt fast even though I know the pace wasn't. **July 3:** Already tired..so glad its a day off. **July 4:** ran 40 min this morning. Attitude is still not what it should be. I feel tired and very unmotivated to work. **July 5:** legs are tired so I biked instead of running the speed workout on the schedule. Guess thats what I get for attempting to go from 3 days a week to 6. I'll never do that again. Ended up biking about 6 miles in the 30 min. **July 7:** off **July 8:** off **July 9:** 40 min again this morning. Still tired and unmotivated. I feel like Im rushing to get my workouts done and Im not entirely focused on my run.. **July 10:** 30 min medium pace. These speed workouts are killing me..I havent been running fast for quite a while **July 11:** off **July 12:** 25 min pick up run. Need to start doing the traditional speed workouts on my schedule and stop slacking.. **July 13:** another long run of 70 min. Completed this one on a treadmill and that was a NIGHTMARE. I forgot how much I hate running on that thing. I had to bribe myself to get the whole run in because 20 min in I was telling myself "well, maybe I can split the workout up and just do the rest later." BLAH **July 14:** Vacation! **July 15-22:** Belize :) No running, but I did enough walking to count! Averaged about 2-5 miles a day of walking..more once we got to the island. The whole island was 2 miles long and we walked it up and down 4 or so times a day! Glad I took time off though..Im actually excited for my run tomorrow. **July 23:** Read in Runner's World that if you're coming back from vacation you should run short the first day, so I decided to split up my workout and do 20 min in the morning and 30 in the afternoon. The 20 was pretty hard, but I finished it. The last 30 got rained out so I just did a leg workout instead.  **July 24:** 80 min long run. Underestimated the length of the trail I wanted to try..it was only 2 miles long so needless to say, I ran back and forth on it multiple times. Oh well, got the run in and felt good!  **July 25:** 2x2miles today. Used the same trail as yesterday and it worked much better for this workout. Im aiming for 8 min miles for my speed b/c I figure this will make a 10 min mile pace feel pretty easy, but it's not so fast that I'll get worn or burnt out before my race. First 2 mile was 15:50, second was 15:37. Legs are sore from yesterday **July 26:** Decided to take the day off and just stretch b/c my legs were really sore when I woke up. On a positive note, I was itching to run..a good sign! **July 27:** AH! I remembered why I love to run today! Beautiful trail, good music, and a positive attitude towards my workout. Im so happy to love my sport again..it's been a really long year of not being motivated. **July 28:** Off **July 29:** Off (retreat both days..no time for running when work starts at 7am) **July 30:** 90 min long run. Started nice and slow, ended up running a pretty decent pace at the end. I really love this trail I found and Im excited to use it. Got lost a little big and had to pull out my phone and check the map, but my attitude is still positive and I'm feeling good. Need to start in on my ab workouts and my lifting. Also need to make sure Im eating good. Those can be goals for Aug. **July 31:** 45 easy. Attempted a new trail and ended up in a pretty bad neighborhood so I turned around a little early and had to make up the time on the way back. Ran through a cemetery which was interesting..that part was short (only about 2 min) but saw some pretty old gravestones. Legs feel tired, but I took the time to stretch and do abs today. Need to keep the stretching going! **Aug 1:** 4x1200 this morning. Ran this on a trail that wasnt marked so it took me a few times to get the distance down. Im not happy with the inconsistency in my times, but not too terrible. I would have liked to keep it around the 2 min per 400 time, but not knowing when a 400 was up this was a little hard. I'll probably try and do these kinds of workouts on a mapped out trail next time. (5:38, 5:45, 5:24, 5:29). **Aug 2:**
 * July 6:** first long run! Starting at 60 min and hoping I don't die kind of worked out. Ran on the 50 overpass and it was hot, but not as terrible as I was expecting. Made it back faster and had to run into the development a little. Legs felt tired after