NEEDED: Tips and Advice to Run Ten Miler
I am a horrible runner. Therefore, I don’t know what possessed me in signing up for the Army Ten-Miler Marathon that is coming up in October. Maybe it was peer pressure, or after the Reston Tour de Cure, I really thought that if I could do 100 miles on a bike, I could run ten miles. It doesn’t matter how I got myself into this situation, I am in it.
I have been trying to train for months for this ten miler, and I keep getting stuck at three miles. I know it’s a mental block, but I have no idea how to let it go. Running is a sport that is not just strenuous, it is also mental. I know that if I break out of this “I can’t run anymore” mentality, I will be able to do the race.
I am part of this running group, and they all seem great, so I am excited to train with them. My friend sent me her old training schedule to see if it will help me reach ten miles before the race, so I have been looking at that. I know that I have to run three miles this weekend in order to be on the right track. I am meeting two of the strongest runners in the group to see if they will push me to keep going.
If anyone has any tips, advice, or articles that you want to share, please, PLEASE post them.
Photo Details: The marathon runner, originally uploaded by DansLens.com.
