Week 3 - Training takes a back seat to life - Adjusted and overcame

I am thrilled that I complied with my plan (as adjusted by me ahead of time) for two straight weeks.  Inevitably, as a trial lawyer and a dad, life happens and disrupts my plans.  That happened in week 3.  I took my scheduled day off on Monday, and completed my scheduled 3 miler on Tuesday.  Then I had to work super late on Wednesday and did not complete the scheduled 4 miler.  On Thursday, I was too tired either to make up the four miler or to do the scheduled three miler.  Friday was my wife's birthday dinner, and fatigue from that almost-all-nighter was still kicking my butt.  Finally, on Saturday, in lieu of the scheduled 2 miler, I ran 7 miles to make up Wednesday and Thursday's runs.  I took Sunday off, and will make up the weekend's 2 miler and 6 miler today, a scheduled day off, and then I will be back on track to begin Week 4's training tomorrow.

M- OFF
T - 3 mi
W - missed (3 mi)
Th - missed (4 mi)
F - OFF
S - 7 mi (make up of W and Th)
S - OFF
Total: 10 miles

Daddy's Running Again! Half Marathon Mania - Week 2 complete

Hello, I'm back.  I have really been focusing on other things than my amateur athletic exploits this year, including focusing more on work and family, and accordingly I kind of put the training on the back burner, without letting it go entirely.  After almost a year's "sabbatical" mental and physical, which followed about six years of hard training and racing, I've now decided to strap on the shoes and get back in shape.  Earlier this year (January 2016) I ran the Miami Half Marathon for fun, and afterwards, I signed up in the post-race blitz, when the race is substantially discounted.  Thus, two weeks ago, I began an 11 week training program for the 2017 Miami Half Marathon, because I intend to train for it this year, and race it.  Yesterday, I completed the second week.

Week one was pretty much about shaking the rust off:

M - OFF
T - 3 mi
W - 4 mi
Th - 3 mi
Fr. - Off
Sat - 5 mi
Sun - 2 mi
Total:  17 miles.

I completed the whole thing as planned, all five runs, just switched Saturday and Sunday, because I preferred to run long on Saturday, out of habit.

Week 2 included the Turkey Day 10K race in Tropical Park.  So I took Wednesday's three miler off and combined it with Thursday's four miler, for a total of 7.3 mi (1 mi warmup, 6.2 mi race).

M - OFF
T - 3 mi
W- OFF
Th - 10K race, plus 1 mi warmup - Total 7.3 miles
F - OFF
Sat - 2 mi
Sun - 5 mi
Total - 17.3 miles

Week 3 begins today, Monday, 11/28/16, with an off day, which is nice.