I’ve just come back from my first “long run” as part of my training for the half-marathon (21.1km) at the end of May. Now it’s not that long, but I have to start somewhere. Harold and I went for a 4.69 km run along the Bow River and we completed it in 28:50, which has me at 2hr-11min pace for the half marathon. I’m setting the goal of the half marathon in 2 hours, so it’s around the mark.
What is actually the best part of today is that this was my first run and my fitness is such that I performed well. Walking the 4.5km to and from work for the last 7 months would be the main contributor to that.
I’m excited about the start, and I’m encouraged now to take on greater challenges… who knows, maybe a marathon by the end of the year!
