Today marks the official start to my next running training plan for what has become my sort of A race for the fall: the GAP Trail Relay. Our team, Pace Oddity, is there to have fun and go on an adventure! We’re not looking to set any records (although being part of the inaugural running of this race is pretty awesome).
To mark this occasion, I’ve made a new category: Gayt Analysis. Disclaimer: I’m a dirty, dirty overstrider, but I”m working on it! The name was actually what I came up with to name a podcast, but that hasn’t materialized, and since I tend to do a lot of writing about my running and run with the Frontrunners, I’m not going to let a good name go to waste!
I’ve written a lot in the past about running, but I don’t think I’ll go back to recategorize anything, I’ll just use this going forward.
Anyway, I’m a much more consistent runner when I’m on a plan, so I’m looking forward to getting back to that. The prepare, I’m taking Hal Higdon’s Half Marathon Intermediate 2 plan and throwing in the Ragnar suggested two-a-days and night runs from their Zero to Hero and Hero to God plans.
I’m very excited to be doing speedwork again, specifically track repeats, as they really are some of my favorite things to run. My schedule always gets condensed as I have to fit life in around my running, and I still have the rest of this month to keep writing every day, so it will be a challenge, but as I’ve discovered many times, running is a huge help to my mental health.
So, off we go, I’ll check in with how training is going and see what else about the sport I can write about.
