I was lacing my shoes when my daughter woke up. The first training day, I had 5 miles to run. “I had a 2-year-old, so needed to run early morning. Once I did that, I felt an amazing sense of accomplishment.”Ĭaryn Festa, 37, always had been a casual runner until she decided to train for a marathon.
It felt horrible, but I was determined to make the entire block running. Julie Lake, 46, remembers not even being able to run around her block: “I had to walk and catch my breath. I wish I had had a better understanding of that when I started.” I now know that other runners do not think that way. The stumbling block was getting over the feeling that I didn’t belong. This was all in the first couple of minutes. I remember feeling self-conscious, uncoordinated, slow, and the burning in my chest hurt. “The aim was just to be able to run for half an hour. Rebecca McPhail started to run at age 36.
*Excerpt from Hal Higdon’s Half Marathon Training courtesy of Hal Higdon Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!
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