Half Marathon recap

Despite being laid up with a cold for a few days I decided to go ahead and "race" the Sammamih Lake half marathon as planned. Training had been going well and after my 10 miler in San Diego I wanted to see what I could do. Short version - the lead pack (1 other woman, me, and a bunch of guys) ran the wrong way! Yep, we followed the lead cyclist straight instead of turning right at the very beginning of the race. It SUCKED to run 3 minutes off course so early on. And all of my hopes for a top 3 finish and PR were gone. I spent the entire race trying to keep a positive attitude with mantras such as "you are lucky to be out here, you are healthy, your husband is supportive and home with the boys etc." All were true but it was still frustrating. So, I stopped my watch at 13.1 to log MY time (1:24) but the official race clock said 1:26 something (and 6th place:-( Can't imagine how frustrating this would be in an A race!

So last week's workouts (from memory) are below. Definitely set myself back with the race and extended my cold another week. So super easy / light training week.

March 7th:
Half Marathon 1:24

Sunday March 8th
Easy trainer ride for 1 hour

Monday
Easy run to yoga (cold was back)

Tuesday
Gym

Wednesday
easy run to yoga
easy run to Lauren's with the boys

Thursday
Can't remember!

Friday:
Easy run (5 miles)
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 KB swings, goblet squats

Saturday March 15th
Run / Yoga

Sunday March 16th
1:05 on the trainer