Ready to Run

Ok, so I have significantly calmed myself down since my minor freak out at what I'd just done to myself with the signing up for another half marathon. For those of you counting at home, that makes four that I'll be running in the year 2012. Neat.

When something overwhelms me or freaks me out (meow-t), I go into crazy control-freak mode and make a plan. Sometimes that plan is smart, sometimes it is not.

Here is my kind-of-smart-but-at-least-I-have-a-plan-plan. It is set through February, for the few weeks after my 15k, and then all of a sudden it'll be March and April, and OH MY GOD ANOTHER RACE. I'm editing kind of as I go with those two months, as I know I'll be mostly building my own training schedule for what fits with my schedule and my goals.

That goal? Get fast. Get really fast. Well, maybe not really fast, but faster than I was in October, definitely faster than I will be in January.

Now, you might have glanced at that calendar and thought to yourself, "What the hell is the 550 rep challenge?" Well, my friends, it's this. Yes, I do recognize how crazy this looks. Yes, I am aware that the chick in the video is creepy looking. No, it is not my goal to be that ripped. Yes, I will probably skip these every once in a while.

I know you might think I'm crazy, but I promise, the good stuff about running is totally awesome. Feeling better, looking better, the crazy rush of endorphins that hits right around a mile and a half, the time to just let my mind be clear, the high metabolism (even if it does make me hungry all the time), the stress release, the camaraderie. I love it and am SO very grateful that my knee has been just fine for the last year and a half.

It's going to be a wicked yet amazing couple of months.

Edit: See, it's not just me.