I went for a 3 mile interval run this morning at William R. Mason Regional Park in Irvine. I actually wanted to go trail running and searched for some suggestions on Yelp. They gave me this. It wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, but it was a nice little discovery. The park was just 10 minutes from my house, but I had never been before. It’s a fairly large park with a huge lake, lots of trees and grass, picnic tables, a playground and a nice cement walkway (I’m assuming this is the “trail” Yelp is referring to). It’s also nice because there’s not many cars (because they charge for parking) so it really feels like you’re off in this distant place of peacefulness.
The only downside was that there were lots of ducks around the lake area. Which I initially thought was SUPER SUPER cool. And then as I got closer, I realized that I had to dodge a ton of duck sh*t on the run. Lovely.
After the run, I met up with Sister to grab lunch at Subway. Surprised? Well, turns out I’m much more of a Subway freak than I thought. I checked in on Yelp and suddenly became the Duchess of that particular Subway. Either people don’t check in as much as I do or I just go to Subway WAY too much. I think it’s the latter, but I’m too embarrassed to admit it.
After lunch, Sister and I went to Snail’s Pace to buy some new running shoes. Tomorrow is official starting day of my half-marathon training. There are so many training programs online – I’m not sure which one to follow. But seeing as how I’m kind of a noob at this long-distance stuff, I think I’m going to try this particular program:
HalfMarathonGuide2012-Beginner
Anyone have a better suggestion? Any advice at all for a first time half-marathon runner?
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