Training for the Turkey Trot
I began my Turkey Trot training last week; I missed yesterday’s run, so I moved it to today. This whole week is messed up, now, but my goal is to get up to 5.5 mile runs, so the 5 miles on Thanksgiving will seem easy.
Today was just a 2.5 mile run… I just didn’t have the confidence to try for 3.5 today. Depending how my calves feel tomorrow, I may do a long run, sprints or, if they really hurt, go to the gym.
Made it to the gym today - Nagel Family Website (December 5, 2006, 8:37 am).
[...] It’s been nearly a month, but I made it to the gym yesterday & today. See, a few weeks ago, I began training for the Turkey Trot. My idea was that I’d run every day, and skip the gym for a couple weeks. Well, I didn’t run every day, but I did skip the gym. I’ve been busy, and if I’m going to bed at midnight, it’s hard to wake up at 5AM and feel inclined to drag myself to the gym. [...]