No turning back now!!

Well it's official! On Friday I signed up for the Toronto Women's Run Half Marathon on May 24, 2015.



I did the 5k in this series last week and it's such a great event! It's super well organized and the route is nice! I did the run with my Momma's Fitness Class leader Laura. She's actually 16 weeks pregnant with her 3rd and I was 10 weeks post partum with Archer.



I didn't have expectations for the run since I just started the couch to 5k a few weeks ago, but I thought it would be fun and it was a beautiful day. The weather could not have been any better for a run. I thought long and hard about how I would run. I wasn't sure if i would just go for it, or follow my app, or go back to my run 10 minutes, walk 1 minute. I finally decided to do the run 10, walk 1 and I added in one short walk of about 30 seconds just past 8k which I totally could have done without but I caved to my internal pressure. Anyways, my final time was 31:03 and I came in at 148\412 so I was pretty happy. Last spring, I was running 5k in about 27-28 minutes so I still have some work to do, but I crossed the finish line smiling!!

I've also done a ton of research on preparing for a half marathon. My Pinterest is proof of that! I looked at quite a few apps, because that's what works for me. I finally settled on the Lululemon Sea Wheeze 1/2 marathon app.

The dates are wrong obviously, but I just modified it to fit my schedule.

It starts 14 weeks out, so I have some time. Until then, I will work myself up to a comfortable 5k by finishing the couch25k and then work up to a 10k on my own.

Here is what I did this past week:
Monday: rest

Tuesday: Stroller fit was rained out and it was too rainy for me to run with Archer - so rest
Wednesday: C25K Week 4 day 3 - 3.68km with the stroller - pace - 6:41/km
Thursday: C25K Week 5 day 1 - 3.25km with the stroller - pace - 6:39/km
Friday: rest
Saturday: Toronto Women's Run 5k - pace 5:57/km (run 10 mins, walk 1 min)

Archer is a great running partner! He loves the jogging stroller and we just make sure to slow down
and avoid the bumps!

On to a new week, stroller fit is moving indoors, so I'll have to rework my schedule, but i've been enjoying the late fall sunshine!

Here are a few pics of our week!







Have a great day!!