Baby Steps

Training for a marathon is baby steps, which can at times be frustrating. You have to slowly build your miles, at the same time you are up against the calendar. I thought about this during today's 1 hour run. I actually ran for 1:01:40, and completed 5 miles.

To the average non-runner, 5 miles seems like a marathon. To runners, it's another step on the way to 26.2. This run was pretty good. Once I finished 3 miles, I thought, let's do another mile. After 4 miles, I thought 5 was a must for today. Mission accomplished.

I thought about how I need to increase the miles, but feel frustrated because the work schedule is not consistent and not always the most marathon training friendly schedule. Still I find time to run 3 times a week. I wish it could be more.

The half marathon is less than a month away. My next goal is to run 10 miles. I know if I can do the 10 miles, then I can do the 13.

Baby steps.

Charlie