My Running Schedule for 2010

I am so excited about the Disney's Princess Half Marathon... There is only 55 days left. Tonight I ventured to the gym and chose to give the spin bike a break and attempt a comfortable 10K treadmill run. According to the treadmill I finished at 58 minutes... I found this a bit dissappointing as I usually run 10K comfortably at 45 minutes. It was a real wake up for me, and now I know I will have to get more serious. I am experiencing some inflamation in my left knee so I have been trying real hard to practice RICE. I find this hard as I use to run out my aches and pains but I've noticed that this is a reoccurring injury that I had when I ran the 30K Around the Bay in Hamilton. At the 22K mark my knees just started to seize up, I felt like the Tin Man, and from that point I had to run intervals to the finish.

I didn't train for last year's 30K and going into that run as if it was my Sunday run, was not the wisest thing to do. This year, I had gained some weight around 15 lbs. I need to shed this prior as running with a lighter load will obviously be easier for me. So for sure I will be focusing on my weight and strengthening my leg muscles on my off days.

To keep motivated and not fall into the rut I did last year... I signed up for five other Running Events:

March 7th - Disney's Princess 1/2 Marathon - Florida US
March 28th - Around the Bay Race 15k Relay - Hamilton, ON CND
May - Mississauga 1/2 Marathon - Mississauga, ON CND
August 1st - Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon - Chicago US
October - Oasis Toronto Zoo 10K - Scarborough, ON CND
October 28th - Niagara Falls 1/2 Marathon - Niagara Falls, ON CND

I was checking out the website for the Disney's Half Marathon and noticed that alot of women dress up in a princess theme, it's cute. I decided to purchase a running skort recently and if I am going to wear anything else princess related I will be wearing whatever my sister and her beautiful babies make for me. It will be my way of having them there with me.

Well I should go to bed and get some shut eye, as a princess needs her beauty sleep you know.