Planning the Miles

Not letting my current status as an injured runner stop me from a) making plans or b) setting goals. One of the things that I've decided to do is join the Winter Miles Challenge hosted by Jess.  I decided to choose the beginner mileage of 10 miles per week because I am currently on running hiatus while waiting for both my knee and toe to get back to a healthy status and will have to get my miles in by walking the first several weeks of the challenge, but I need to do that to stay active and healthy, so I think from that perspective the challenge will still hold me accountable to get moving and not spend too much time sitting around. She's designed cute shirts for the challenge and cute bling for a virtual race to be held during the challenge.  Head over and check it out if you haven't already.

The other thing that I've decided to do is work up my Half Marathon Training plan.  I started with a Galloway plan from his website, and modified it based on my current situation and to make it work better for me.

There are two things that I feel I should point out.  The first is that I cannot actually run until week 6 of the plan, so it will be all walking up to that point.  The second is that the original plan had a 14 mile run two weeks before the half marathon. I had to modify the beginning to accommodate walking-only and there wasn't enough time for that 14 week run, so I removed it.  My personal plan tops out at 12.5 before the race.

The important thing is that I actually have a plan!  It starts with walking the week of Dec29.  Hopefully my toe will be better by then. Fingers crossed.