New Workout!!!

I have been working on balancing exercise and eating healthy but I am going to be honest... I stink at it...I always don't feel motivated to exercise and don't want to eat healthy all the time. I have always been inspired to run a marathon and I realized this week that the reason why I have never been a successful runner is because I care more about the weight I lose then actually running. So I am changing it up this time and put away the scale and just started running again! It is going to take time for me to build up to what I could run before but you have to start somewhere. I am really trying not to be hard on myself for having to take breaks but I decided to give myself a week of working up and see where I am at...to be honest I am farther then I thought I would be. The first day I ran a half mile and then the next day I ran a mile and this weekend I ran 2.5 miles without stopping...just building it up one day at a time! My goal is to run at the Rock and Run in Seattle in June so I have four months to train!!

Below is my training for a half marathon schedule which you can switch around for what works for you!!

                   Mon        Tues            Wed     Thurs     Fri               Sat          Sun          Week total
Week 1      3 m          2 m                3 m       3 m        Opt 2 m      4 m         Rest day     15 miles
Week 2      3 m         Opt 2 m          3 m       3 m       Opt 2 m      4 m         Rest day     17 miles
Week 3      3 m         Opt 3 m          3 m      3 m        Opt 3 m      5 m         Rest day     20 miles
Week 4      4 m         4 m                 3 m       4 m        Rest day     6 m         Rest day     21 miles
Week 5      4 m         Opt 4 m          4 m       3 m        Opt 4 m     6 m          Rest day     24 miles
Week 6      6 m         Opt 3 m          3 m       3 m        Opt 3 m     8 m          Rest day     26 miles
Week 7      4 m         Opt 4 m          4 m       4 m        Opt 4 m     7 m          Rest day     27 miles
Week 8      5 m         Opt 4 m          4 m       5 m        Opt 4 m     9 m          Rest day     31 miles
Week 9      5 m         Opt 4 m          4 m       5 m        Opt 4 m     10 m        Rest day     32 miles
Week 10    4 m         Opt 4 m          5 m       4 m        Opt 4 m     11 m        Rest day     32 miles
Week 11    4 m         Opt 4 m          4 m       4 m        Opt 4 m     9 m          Rest day     29 miles
Week 12    4 m         Opt 4 m          6 m       4 m        Opt 4 m     12 m        Rest day     34 miles
Week 13    5 m         Opt 4 m          4 m       5 m        Opt 4 m     13 m        Rest day     35 miles
Week 14    5 m         Opt 4 m          6 m       5 m        Opt 4 m     10 m        Rest day     34 miles
Week 15    4 m         Opt 4 m          4 m       5 m        Opt 4 m     6-8 m       Rest day     29 miles
Week 16    3 m         Opt 3 m          3 m       3 m        Rest day    30mn jog  30mn jog    15 miles

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I have found an app for my phone that works amazing for keeping track of your distance. I have tried so many and this is the only one that works as well as I have heard! It's called Run Keeper (its free). Let me know what you think!