It's official, sort of

I sort of heard back from my father today about the P.E.I. Half Marathon. It doesn't look like I'll be running in P.E.I. afterall. Instead, it will probably be in Nova Scotia at the Valley Harvest Half Marathon & Marathon event scheduled for thanksgiving weekend. That would give me exactly eight weeks to prepare, which should be plenty. The plan I'm following is a six-week plan, but the extra two weeks should come in handy for a couple of repeat weeks when things get busy. Like I wrote in an earlier post, I have a good training core built up after the lead up to the Tely 10 so it won't be like I'm starting from scratch. The other good thing is that the training will officially start on Monday, which will give me a few more days to rest up my wonky heel on the one side and the nearly-healed achilles on the right.

So here and now, I'll make my commitments. I will hit the weight-room regularly over the next eight weeks. I will lose fifteen pounds before race day, as my previous goal of twenty is not realistic in such a short time frame. I will be at the starting line in October.

I can do this. I have the power of me.