1/2 Marathon Here We Come!

We are doing it! My good friend and fellow teacher, Rebekah and I started training several weeks ago for a 1/2 marathon that will be held on May 11th here in Kigali. It has been one of our life goals to run one and together we decided this year we were going to do it. We are still about twelve weeks away, but are training four to five times a week with one of our runs being a long one, 6-8 miles. We are following a schedule for the next twelve weeks that will gradually lead us to running 20-25 miles per week with a long run of about 10 miles. I always laugh because if it wasn't for Rebekah I am not sure I would be able to finish the training over the next several weeks. It is not the 1/2 marathon that scares me, it is the training, the numerous, long runs I have to do each week in order to maintain a certain level of fitness. They definitely are painful...