Nike Women's Half Marathon Training Schedule!

I am running a half marathon this October and my training begins next week! I actually have a love hate relationship with running. I'm not bad at it, I just get bored really fast but who can say no to running for a cause, a Tiffany's necklace and some guys dressed up handing them out? Not I. So below is my running/workout schedule for the next 12 weeks!

Week 1: 
Monday: Run 3 miles
Tuesday: Run 4 miles
Wednesday: Pure Barre
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Run 3 miles
Saturday: Run 4 miles
Sunday: Rest
Week 2:
Monday: Run 3 miles
Tuesday: Run 5 miles
Wednesday: Pure Barre
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Run 3 miles
Saturday: Run 5 miles
Sunday: Rest
Week 3:
Monday: Run 3 miles
Tuesday: Run 5 miles
Wednesday: Pure Barre
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Run 3 miles
Saturday: Run 6 miles
Sunday: Rest
Week 4:
Monday: Run 3 miles
Tuesday: Run 3.75 miles
Wednesday: Run 3 miles
Thursday: Pure Barre
Friday: Run 3 miles
Saturday: Run 8 miles
Sunday: Rest
Week 5:
Monday: Run 4 miles
Tuesday: Run 6 miles
Wednesday: Run 3 miles
Thursday: Pure Barre
Friday: Run 3 miles
Saturday: Run 8 miles
Sunday: Rest
Week 6: HALF WAY THERE!
Monday: Run 4 miles
Tuesday: Run 7 miles
Wednesday: Run 3 miles
Thursday: Pure Barre
Friday Run 4 miles
Saturday: Run 9 miles
Sunday: Rest
Week 7:
Monday: Run 4 miles
Tuesday: Run 7 miles
Wednesday: Run 4 miles
Thursday: Pure Barre
Friday: Run 4 miles
Saturday: Run 10 miles
Sunday: Rest
Week 8:
Monday: Run 5 miles
Tuesday: Run 3.75 miles
Wednesday: Run 4 miles
Thursday: Pure Barre
Friday: Run 4 miles
Saturday: Run 11 miles
Sunday: Rest
Week 9:
Monday: Run 5 miles
Tuesday: Run 9 miles
Wednesday: Run 5 miles
Thursday: Pure Barre
Friday: Run 5 miles
Saturday: Run 12 miles
Sunday: Rest
Week 10:
Monday: Run 5 miles
Tuesday: Run 9 miles
Wednesday: Run 5 miles
Thursday: Pure Barre
Friday: Run 5 miles
Saturday: Run 13 miles
Sunday: Rest
Week 11:
Monday: Run 4 miles
Tuesday: Run 4 miles
Wednesday: Run 5 miles
Thursday: Pure Barre
Friday: Run 4 miles
Saturday: Run 8 miles
Sunday: Rest
Week 12: THE LAST ONE!
Monday: Run 4 miles
Tuesday: Run 7 miles
Wednesday: Run 4 miles
Thursday: Run 3 miles
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Run 2 miles
Sunday: NIKE WOMENS HALF MARATHON RACE DAY!

I am lucky to have one of my friends, Lizee running with me. She will be flying out to San Francisco to kick butt at this race and hang with me! I am also really fortunate that Gavin will be running and training with me as motivation. But I don't expect to see him at the barre, at least not this kind anyway!

This schedule was made possible with the help of the lovely people at Nike and works for me. It is pretty basic, and I do Pure Barre on my training days. I probably won't do two days of rest in the beginning and will stick with one but we shall see! I will update on how it goes and will also be taking a before and after picture to see how my body transforms over the next 12 weeks. Of course just as important to working out is your diet, so make sure you create a healthy relationship with the food you eat!

Until next time...