It’s official have now reached the half way mark on my BMO Vancouver Half Marathon training program!

As I was headed out along the New Westminster Quay for a short 5K run this morning, it dawned on me. Wow, the time is now going by quite fast!

My run along the Fraser River this morning went by quite fast too. As you know from my last run on the Fraser, I love the industrial feel of the river. I also enjoy those lovely glimpses of nature amongst the air jordan 6 rings black dark army wide variety of industries that line the banks of the river.

New Westminster Quay boardwalk

The sights and sounds of the river traffic continuously grabbed my attention as made my way along the river path.

I took lots of photos so my time on Starve Run looked very slow when I finished the run, but I am not too concerned about run times at this point. Not me, I can assure you.

It’s a good time for a thorough review of where I am right now and what I need to do to prepare for my May 5th race day, I thought. I then stopped and looked out at the Fraser River just one more time before returning to the parking lot and my little red aOlernKienOP air jordan 7 olympic white metallic gold obsidian Travel agent shot at in S car.

Understandably, I did not have my detailed training plan committed to memory so I had to wait until I was home until I was able to take a good look at my situation.

So here I am in the wee small hours again, writing my blog here in the red leather armchair, taking a good look at my most up to date half marathon training plan.

Well, let’s start with what I have done thus far. Looking at my original training plan that I put together last December, it aOlernKienOP air jordan 13 xiii original og white black true red How to Clean your Jorda looks to me that from a perspective, I am exactly at the halfway point in by training plan. I have completed 216K and have 216K remaining, including the half marathon race on May 5th. Equally important to the number of runs and distance travelled is the fact that I am still running injury free.

So as I sit here and study my training runs, I see that I have completed 34 runs to date for a total of 216K since I started aOlernKienOP air jordan spizike bordeaux 2012 How to Attach Snowshoes to Your Backpack my training on Dec 31st of last year. Wow, that’s a fair nunber of kilometeres. I’m quite impressed!

Let’s see, I have been doing 3 to 4 runs a week for the last 10 weeks and during that time, my weekly long run has gone from 5K up to 12K last Friday. I’m happy with that.

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I bought John book years ago. I have read it several times and still refer to it periodically.

Regarding my health, I feel that I am doing well, especially since this has been a tough period for me, both mentally and emotionally, given my father in law Carl’s illness and eventual passing at the end of February.

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Through this incredibly difficult time, it really helped being committed to the race and a training plan and having to get out there and just run.

Running was often my saviour during this difficult time, as it has been through many other tough times in my life. Running helped me survive the past two months and enabled me to stay physically, mentally and emotionally intact. I sense that I will become wiser, healthier and stronger for the experience.

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So I now plan to run on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings and also do a 30 minute swim on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and then take the weekends off. I may possibly do the odd 3K run at the weekend if I feel the need.

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At this point in my race plan, I have got 8 more weeks of training, comprised of 24 runs for a total of 216K.

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Well, when I look back at my running, rehabilitation and indeed, my life experiences over the past two months, they have been dramatic and profound.

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