New Goal

So I've decided to hold off on increasing the distance of my long run for a little while. I want to focus on training for the Arizona Distance Classic on March 27th. My plan is train hard for the next 10 weeks and...

Run a sub-2 hour half marathon! It'll be tough but I feel so confident that I can do it if I follow my training plan!

And I want an accurate and recent race time to use before I begin official marathon training.

So 1:59:59 is going to be all I see for the next 10 weeks! I'm very excited. Even if I don't make it, it's so nice to have a concrete goal to think about during training. I have the plan (courtesy of Runner's World SmartCoach) printed out and posted to my white board.
See? (Yes, I reward myself with weird looking smiley faces for working out... No, I'm not a part-time kindergarten teacher...)

The 1st week of the plan looks like this:

• Sunday- Weight training and 3 miles with 5X60 seconds@7:30 min/mile
  
• Monday- Cross training of some sort
• Tuesday- 6 mile Speed Work:3X1600's @8:40
• Wednesday- 4 easy miles/ weight training
  
• Thursday- Rest
• Friday- 13 miles
  
• Saturday- 3 miles

Wish me luck!