Yesterday was my unofficial official first day of half-marathon training. I say this because I am going to run the first week twice, to acclimate myself to the schedule and off days, etc. I ran a mere two miles in about 18 minutes, putting me at about a 9 minute mile pace. Pretty decent, considering I had taken a 7 week hiatus and dealt with that nasty knee injury.

I cannot sing the praises of Glucosamine enough. It claims to take about 4-6 weeks to begin working and after about three and a half, my knee suddenly felt new again. Couple that with KT Tape and my runs are only difficult in the endurance/side stitch areas. I remember those from when I first began running when Isaac was 6 weeks old. It goes away fairly quickly but I’m still in those early stages. I can’t wait to get back to where I was where 5 miles was nothing and I was pushing it to 6 and excited to lengthen my runs, to feel strong and swift.

I have a long 13 weeks ahead of me, especially since the holidays will get in the way but I’m doing it. I will be running 13.1 miles.