FredtheDuck
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- Joined
- Mar 2, 2017
About me: Hiya. I'm @FredtheDuck. Despite the name, I'm a lady. Mom of an almost 2-year-old daughter. Athlete growing up, but never a runner (I was exempt from even doing the mile in school because of exercise-induced asthma).
I started running after being inspired by my non-runner husband training for and successfully running a half marathon. I started with a couch-to-5k program in late 2013 and ran a few 5ks throughout 2013 and 2014. I got pregnant in 2015 and ran until it was too hard on my back (sometime in my seventh month), and picked back up in mid-late 2016.
This running journal chronicles my journey to my first half (completed in September, 2017), as well as what came (and is still to come) after. I absolutely welcome suggestions, questions, comments, encouragement, etc.
Here are the monthly training logs as I prepared for my first half. The race on was September 10, 2017, so there is no log for September (taper, race, recovery, ease back in).
April, May, June, July, August
Here are my 2017 goals:
- Run a 5k race under 11 min/mile pace - DONE! (Suds & Soles 5k on 6/24/17)
- Run a 5k race under 10:30 min/mile pace - DONE! (Suds & Soles 5k on 6/24/17)
- Run a 10k - DONE! (Pike's Peek 10k on 4/23/17)
- Run a half marathon - DONE! (Parks Half Marathon on 9/10/17)
I started running after being inspired by my non-runner husband training for and successfully running a half marathon. I started with a couch-to-5k program in late 2013 and ran a few 5ks throughout 2013 and 2014. I got pregnant in 2015 and ran until it was too hard on my back (sometime in my seventh month), and picked back up in mid-late 2016.
This running journal chronicles my journey to my first half (completed in September, 2017), as well as what came (and is still to come) after. I absolutely welcome suggestions, questions, comments, encouragement, etc.
Here are the monthly training logs as I prepared for my first half. The race on was September 10, 2017, so there is no log for September (taper, race, recovery, ease back in).
April, May, June, July, August
Here are my 2017 goals:
- Run a 5k race under 11 min/mile pace - DONE! (Suds & Soles 5k on 6/24/17)
- Run a 5k race under 10:30 min/mile pace - DONE! (Suds & Soles 5k on 6/24/17)
- Run a 10k - DONE! (Pike's Peek 10k on 4/23/17)
- Run a half marathon - DONE! (Parks Half Marathon on 9/10/17)
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