November 30th! The day before I begin my training for the 2014 Santa Rosa Marathon in California, hereinafter (SRM). This Marathon is a Boston Qualifier which means if I run in a certain amount of time I can enter to run the Boston Marathon. Since I will be 35 when I run SRM I will need to complete the race in 3 hours and 40 minutes! My goal however is to do this race under 3 hours and 35 minutes.
In 2011-2012 I trained diligently to run the New York Marathon to qualify for Boston. Unfortunately due the Super Storm Sandy the marathon was cancelled. I was 33 at the time and would have had to complete that race in 3 hours and 35 minutes. So I still want to meet that goal though 2 years older on SRM race day; I love a Challenge!
I did not run New York this year as I happily became pregnant and gave birth to my first child, Enzo in October! He is truly amazing and my inspiration to document this journey to the Boston Marathon 2015!
So I begin and tomorrow will begin Hal Higdon's Personal Best Training Schedule. As of December 1, I have 44 weeks until the SRM on August 24, 2014. The training schedule which is on my page is a 30 week schedule yet I plan on taking a couple of weeks off and may repeat some weeks as I have 14 weeks of wiggle room in a sense, and will conclude the last 10 weeks to coincide with the SRM.
I will write more about myself in future writings yet will sign off here for now. I also plan to have weekly videos to talk briefly about how my training is going! I look forward to sharing my journey with you!
In Transformation,
Yvonne
