A little bit about my running plan.

So a former Elon cross country runner and future grad student in exercise science/sports psych at Minnesota Mankato is making me a running plan.

I really missed running fitness with UCWS.  This gave me an opportunity to have someone force me to run. In actuality I really do want to get better and faster.

I have stuck to this running plan.  I've learned a few things.

First is the necessity of a foam roller and stretching.  Those two things make a huge difference.  I can really tell.

I've learned to focus on making my runs end faster than they begin.

I've learned that it's normal to have a 1.5 mile warm up and 1.5 mile cool down.  That combined could have been a normal run to me in the past.  To most people it actually is...and according to Meg Cunningham she used to have 2 mile warm up and cool downs.

I've also learned to enjoy running without music.  It's so much nicer.  The high I get from running without music is amazing.  After a run I went grocery shopping and I was just so out of it.  I started laughing.  It took me what seemed like an hour to realize I was next in line at the automatic check out.  I was so out of it that I felt like I could have left my credit card on at the register.

I hope to run a 5k.  It would be a cool experience and hopefully this training helps prepare me to complete a marathon.  I also want to break a 5:30 mile...maybe even 5:15...or 5.

I have a great coach.  She has cut 12 seconds off of my mile time already!