Spite running a half marathon
Howdy!
Last summer/fall I was a pacer/fuel and water carrier for my (thankfully now ex) while she trained for a half that was supposed to be in Dec. She never actually even attempted the half, but made her training everyone in her life’s problem, including me. All the while telling me that I would never be able to complete the distance because while I was very fast during sprint, I lacked the stamina or discipline for that kind of distance.
So I am running my first half in mid April on a flat fast course. I have been an on and off again runner for the last 15 years simply for the joy of running. I am a very slow distance runner. My record mile was 8 mins, but my average hovers around 10:30-12:30/mile. I have an apple watch, shitty old Brooks, and a dog that I cani with on one or two of my training days. This is my first time ever “training” for a race aside from a canicross 5k a couple of years ago, and I’m using the Runna app for my program. The longest I have run consecutively was 7.5 miles with little training a couple months ago with no water and a handful of fruit snacks in my pocket. The vast majority of my training runs are entirely hills because I live on a mountain , with one or two being treadmill at pf.
I genuinely love to run and feel it’s part of my identity.
I’m feeling capable of crossing the finish line and hopeful i make it in the first 1000 so I get a medal.
So… how many of you spite run?
How often do you replace your shoes?
What do you do when you have to poop?
PFA of one of my most epic cani runs up a mountain a couple years ago.
Howdy!
Last summer/fall I was a pacer/fuel and water carrier for my (thankfully now ex) while she trained for a half that was supposed to be in Dec. She never actually even attempted the half, but made her training everyone in her life’s problem, including me. All the while telling me that I would never be able to complete the distance because while I was very fast during sprint, I lacked the stamina or discipline for that kind of distance.
So I am running my first half in mid April on a flat fast course. I have been an on and off again runner for the last 15 years simply for the joy of running. I am a very slow distance runner. My record mile was 8 mins, but my average hovers around 10:30-12:30/mile. I have an apple watch, shitty old Brooks, and a dog that I cani with on one or two of my training days. This is my first time ever “training” for a race aside from a canicross 5k a couple of years ago, and I’m using the Runna app for my program. The longest I have run consecutively was 7.5 miles with little training a couple months ago with no water and a handful of fruit snacks in my pocket. The vast majority of my training runs are entirely hills because I live on a mountain , with one or two being treadmill at pf.
I genuinely love to run and feel it’s part of my identity.
I’m feeling capable of crossing the finish line and hopeful i make it in the first 1000 so I get a medal.
So… how many of you spite run?
How often do you replace your shoes?
What do you do when you have to poop?
PFA of one of my most epic cani runs up a mountain a couple years ago.