NYC Marathon 2022 #6
All righty, it's that time of year again . . . Getting off my ass and start training for NYC Marathon 2022. It feels a little early, but Nov. 6, 2022 will be right around the corner in no time.
Since I have not really been putting a lot of effort into running lately, I think that I'm going to train for this marathon as a beginner. Well . . . a beginner in the physical, flabby, chain-smoker sense. As I move through my training calendar, I will start planning some goals for this marathon. Speaking of my training calendar, I'm going with Hal Higdon's Marathon Training Plan: Novice 2. I've already added the training plan to my Google Calendar, and we'll begin on June 27, 2022.
Image from Hal Higdon Training (Link ***)
Since I have to be difficult, I will make some minor adjustments to the training. For instance, Wednesdays will be dedicated to running workouts focused on speed runs, race pace runs, tempo runs, Yasso 800s, and VO2-max runs. While June 27, 2022 officially is my training start day, I'll technically start this weekend because I am running the FRNY Pride Run (4M) on Saturday and Achilles Hope & Possibility (4M) on Sunday. I have a feeling that I'll probably walk one of these races. Let's see where the weekend will take me.
A little positivity that I saw on my block after this morning's (very) easy run.
Birthday Week
I guess it's almost time to add another candle to the old birthday cake. June 25 will mark yet another birthday (ugh). I will be honest and say that I'm not really in the mood to celebrate my birthday this year with planning a major move and having to find a new job. You know, I think that I'm getting to the age (maybe it's my personality) where I do not really feel the need to celebrate my birthday. I'm fine with celebrating other folks' birthdays, but I'm like whatever when it comes to mine. Maybe that will change for the "more important" birthdays - you know, the ones that come in multiples of fives. The hubby and two friends did have dinner the other night, and the restaurant gave up an order of their specialty doughnuts. I think the waiter heard us talk about birthdays. For our group, we have this connection: Friend A's husband's birthday (6/23), my birthday (6/25), Friend A's birthday (7/4), and hubby's birthday (7/26).