Half-marathon training – Week 12 – Longest run ever

I’ve just returned to Seattle from Spring Break. I’ll post more about Spring Break later but for now I’ll concentrate on how pleased I am that I managed to stick with my training schedule while on vacation. This required more treadmill running than I’d have liked because it was colder in Ottawa than I’d anticipated (or hoped) and I’m used to being spoiled by West Coast weather.

My week 12 total mileage was 24 miles (4.5+3+4.5+8+4) which is 38.6 km! I moved my Sunday long run of 8 miles to Saturday. This may be a permanent change since I like doing the long run immediately following Friday’s rest day. I’m pretty sure that 8 miles (12.9 km) is the longest run I’ve even done in one shot. That’s a milestone for me. At the end of the run I even felt like I could have kept going which is a big confidence boost as the actual race is only 41 days away.