Half Marathon Training #1

I went to my first Half Marathon training clinic tonight at the Running Room. A little educational session about clothing and shoes. Apparently shoes are to be replaced every 500 km. My current shoes are 300 km old or so and, after the half marathon training is finished, we will have run 500 km. I can see that this running thing is not a cheap endeavour.

The talk was followed by a 3.28 km run- not too fast, fairly easy, even in this humid weather, but I still couldn't help wondering how I was going to run the 10 km race on Saturday when the weather is to be virtually the same.

The training schedule recommends 4 to 5 outings per week. I currently do 3 or 4. Most of the outings are short at this point in the training - 3 or 4 km - so it shouldn't be too much of a challenge. But I can see that the important runs are on Sundays (long runs) and Wednesdays (hill training). I will have to readjust my schedule accordingly.