I was able to take the momentum of the downhills to my advantage and found my legs wanting to move on the flat road. I didn’t need to walk any more than originally planned, and actually found myself able to run more than planned.

Take it slow follow the app to mile 6 and I was going to allow myself to push after the 1/2 way point and really push after the incline at mile 9. My mentality was do not burn out my legs in the 1st half of the race. My group got to the starting line and we were off! I started my apps and in all the excitement my warmup ended up being a jog instead of a fast paced walk. My strategy was to follow my run walk intervals from training, not pushing too hard on the uphills and giving myself the Okay to walk up any hill that I needed to keep my legs going for the last 4 miles of the race. Then the rest of the way home would be downhill or level. I had previously looked at the race elevation and knew we would be running up a big hill topping out at mile 4, have a few inclines and declines through mile 6, and another large hill at mile 9. Starting with a 5 minute warm up then alternating 4 minutes of jogging with 1 minute of walking, that was the plan for today. My training strategy has been a run walk interval pace to build my body up to the amount of running I would need to endure. The sunrise was so beautiful and before I knew it we were corralled and the race was upon us. Mind you I have run 2 half marathons in the past so this is not a battle with Cylons. I felt like a runner on the outside but felt like a noOb on the inside. I was hoping for the best, but preparing myself for the worst.Īs the sun was rising I was putting on the last pieces I need to run my race: A little Sweet Sweat around the muscles and joints I wanted to keep warm, my sunglasses, headphones, running shoes, and running belt with “snacks”, and of course my Geekout Your Workout visor. I told my boyfriend, Ryan, who was there to be my Sherpa that I was probably going to take about 3 hours to finish and I was just going to be happy to finish with little to no pain. Recently that average mile time seemed closer to 13:50. You see in the last 6 months of my training, the longest run I have been on was about 6 miles and my average mile time was around 13:30. But doubting the amount of training I was able to fit into my schedule. Beth Brombosz AND Train Smart Run Forever B y Bill Pierce and Scott Murr )Īs I sat in the parking lot this morning I was very thankful for the opportunity to run The Malibu half Marathon just 1 year after such excruciating foot pain. ( My two favorite books on training have become Yoga For Runners By Dr. I also did my best not to over train and re-injure myself. I have had a crazy work schedule, but I did what I could, WHEN I could.

Once I felt like my feet were healthy enough to start training again, I did. I was desperate to find what I could do to help my feet return to “normal”. I saw a few different Podiatrist’s and physical therapist’s along the way, and did a lot of my own research. Rest and not put any undo stress on my feet. I was devastated I could not exercise, run or even stand without severe pain in both of my feet. However, just a few weeks before my 2017 races I got Plantar Fasciitis in both feet and had to cancel both races. I was supposed to run the Malibu Half Marathon last year in addition to maybe the Maui Half Marathon just a week apart to see if running a full marathon was something I thought I could do. It is hard to explain the nerves and excitement I was feeling this morning as Ryan and I drove into the parking lot at Zuma Beach. I’m running the Malibu Half Marathon and parking opens at 4:30am. I grab my boyfriend, food, bag, headphones (that were plugged in overnight) and head to the car. There is a pile of clothes I need to put on, food I need to get out of the fridge and a bag packed by the door.

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