Half Marathon in One Month: 21km (Week Three)

P90X is a time eater.  I only ran twice this week - Wednesday and today.  P90X also destroys my body.  Wednesday's run was terrible.  With only my arms and abs "worked out", I thought I'd do a fast 5km on the treadmill.  So I threw on my newly purchased toe socks and my Five Finger shoes and turned on an episode of Friends.  I ran for a whopping 1.75miles before I had to stop.  The treadmill was set at 7.5mph and 2.0 incline.  My abs cramped and I didn't even make it 15mins.  Needless to say, I failed.

Today was a different story - with more triumph and less failure.  I ran my 10.5km route twice for a total of 21km.  My 10.5km split was 55:30 (a new personal best) and my finishing time was 1:54:20 (also a new personal best).  So I broke the 2 hour mark for a half marathon and I have all the confidence to do the same for the race next weekend.  The other bonus was that I had no blisters today.  I can attribute this to wearing toe socks instead of my normal socks.  I think this allowed my toes to better spread out in my running shoes and not rub awkwardly on the sides.  It might also be because my toes can rub around inside my normal socks (causing blisters), where that is not the case with toe socks.  Toe socks recommended!