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Half Marathon Training Schedule Sprint training, cross training, strength training, Beachbody On Demand I promised that I would post my Half Marathon training schedule and time has slipped away from me. Previous posts about Half Marathon training, Post 1 , Post 2 . I trained for 16 weeks. Please note, I am a beginner half marathoner, and this is the schedule I used. My goal was to cross the finish line in under 2:00:00. And the exciting thing was I achieved my goal! I crossed the finish line at 1:58:16. You can do it too! Below is the training I used by focusing on using Sprint training and Beachbody On Demand (1,000's of proven exercises by professional trainers) you can sign up here . Training : I want to warn you this schedule was rigorous and I was exhausted at the beginning. Please pace yourself and know your body when training. It's important to stay healthy and strong when training. Be consistent, Commit and stick to the plan. You will gradually...

How to Train for a Half Marathon A Beginners Training Schedule This is the second post about my half training. To view the first post go here . I have ran four road races in my life, they were all 5Ks. My first one was brutal. I ran it in about 36:00 minutes and didn't train. I was so painfully sick from Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) two days after I had to leave work. I went home and slept from 3:00pm - 8:00pm. Worst mistake I made: No training. I feel I should give you all a little background on my fitness level. I have been very active as a child and have been exercising regularly since I was in 7th grade. I switched school districts when I went to High School (1990) and wanted to get to know people, so I joined Cross Country. I hated it. Oh boy, I hated every bit of it. And I wasn't good. I also ran track which was better, but still, wasn't my favorite. I was also on the dance team since 7th grade through college, so I've done cross traini...

How to Train for a Half Marathon A Beginners Guide to Race Training Have you ever been asked to run a race with someone? It goes like this..."Hey, do you want to run this XX race with me? Come on, you can do it! Do it with me." And your immediate thought is..."If they THINK I CAN do this, I will do this." And you say "YES!" Then fear sets in as you start to wonder, what did I just get myself into? Crap, I don't like to run. HOW am I going to do this. I can't run that far. Okay, I can do this, I need to find a training plan. Where do I find a training plan? Can I find a training plan that will be realistic? Oh my God, what did I do? Can I do this? Okay, I can do this. Maybe that is what you have thought, maybe not, but that is what went through my head when I decided to run a half marathon. Something, I always, kinda wanted to do, but never really thought I truly could. First, I think you should know, I a...

Three quick steps how to be more confident. Gaining personal growth and confidence in all situations. I’ve thought about confidence because we all have situations where we lack confidence. Most of the time it is because I am worried about what others think of me. And let’s me honest I judge people and you do too, don’t you? It’s time to be confident in your own skin. It’s who you are. And not only confident in your body, but in all situations wheather it is social, professional, parenting, etc. Don’t make excuses. Just be you. Be Authentic. Be the true you. Be Yourself. I need this advice too! All we should try to do is be better than we were yesterday, right? I believe a great way to gain more confidence it to learn, always learn and grow. I wish we wouldn’t judge so much. I wish that I would find a way that I could be more confident in my own skin too. I am working on this and you can too! Quick steps to gaining more confidence Step 1: L...

Dance recital tips and gift ideas! The girls dance recital was last weekend and I enjoy them so much. But I didn’t always… It’s a bitter sweet weekend for us as our oldest wants to take a break from dance. And I get it, it can be a long season, and she should be able to choose. I don’t want to force her to keep taking classes if she isn’t into it. Our youngest now wants to take a break too. Hmmm? That is a decision mommy and daddy may have to make. The girls danced so well, and received so many compliments. However, there was a time when I used to dread dance recital weekend. It was so stressful and LooooooOOOOOooooooong. Especially for a child under 6 years old. I have some tips in a past blog on how to survive dance recital here . Our oldest daughter wanted to do pinwheels this year as a gift. I thought that was a great idea. I feel we overload on sweets, it has nothing to do about being healthy, and I know that I have been focused on health lately....

Nutrition is an important part of your fitness plan. Fitness + Nutrition = Success! I cannot stress how valuable nutrition is to see a change in your body. To see a change you have to make a change. I used to exercise daily and because I "put-in the work" I felt I deserved a treat as a reward. Every. Day.  I was self-destructing everything I worked so hard for, but I truly thought, it didn't make a difference.  I started to notice, over time, that the scale was climbing higher and higher. I went to bed feeling bloated and bleh. I was tired all the time with little or no energy. Something had to change, but I didn't know what TO change. I thought I needed to change my workout routine, so I started a 30 day challenge with BodyRock.tv and I could hardly get through the workout. She kept talking about nutrition and eating right. But what did that look like? I started looking on Pinterest to find meal plans, but I couldn't find anything that I liked that...