Two and Ten

Two weeks and ten weeks.... that's what I have left.  Our Disneyland half marathon is two weeks from yesterday and the livestrong ride is 10 weeks.  Between running and riding I have been averaging a little over 8 hours a week of training over the past 4 weeks.  Over the next two weeks we will taper down a bit to hopefully give the legs a chance to recover.

This past Saturday we had our last long run of 12 miles before the actual event.  It went pretty well.  I'm a little slower than my goal pace but I'm hoping the taper over the next couple of weeks will make the difference.   My goal is to finish the half marathon in under two and a half hours.  That is nothing particularly impressive for the average joe, but it would be a little quicker than my first half marathon back in February.  These days, I'm pretty much my only competition.

The goal of being at 175 by my birthday is a no go.  I am at 182 as of this weekend and it would not be a wise training move to attempt to lose 7 pounds in two weeks.  Not that I could anyway.  

Hopefully I'll have a few more updates before the half marathon.  But at a minimum, I'll post some photos because I may be slow (on foot and on the bike) but I'll finish!