One week down... so far so good!

My first week back to running was a success!  My runs this week were quite short, but it doesn't matter; to have three pain-free runs after coming back from a stress fracture is really exciting!

Like I said, I kept it pretty light this week: one mile on Tuesday, one mile on Thursday, and two on Saturday.  This week, the plan is to do 1.25 miles on Tuesday and Thursday, and then 2.5 on Saturday, plus my usual yoga, pilates, and cross-training workouts.  Fingers crossed...

Now, you're probably wondering what my long-term training plan is, because we both know that I can't keep running these short workouts and hope to magically run a half-marathon at the end of January.  Well, I'll tell you what the plan is!  I found a great 9-week beginner plan from Runner's World, so I'll start following that plan (or a modified version of that plan) around 27 November, which is nine weeks out from the race.  Until then, I'm just going to work on running progressively longer workouts, building bone and muscle strength, and increasing my cardiovascular endurance.  We'll see how that goes!

I think that's pretty much it for now, folks!  The fundraising is going quite well- I'm up to $300 dollars!  Again, thank you so much to everyone who has donated; your support is very much appreciated.  Stay tuned- I'll keep everyone updated on my progress, and hopefully I'll have some race day information soon!