Ever since completing the half at the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon last April, I’ve been considering trying again. As you may or may not remember, the half wasn’t what I had hoped it would be. Not only did I have an injury that kept me from running very much at all, I had a bad stomach bug the day before that left me weak and dehydrated, adding an hour onto my goal time.

So it’s been in the back of my mind that I need to do it again. I know that I can do it, and with the race just four months away, I need to keep up my training. I’m up to about four miles on long runs, which is a pretty good start. I’ll be taking it slow, so I don’t reinjure my hip. While it would be nice to increase my speed, I’ll be happy with just finishing under my time last year.

For those interested, I’ll be following my own modified Hal Higdon plan. It will mean I run 4 days a week, with a couple of days cross training. I’ve found that having one day off of complete rest gives me something to look forward to, in addition to giving my body rest and keep burnout at bay.

Week one is half over. Only about 15 more to go.