Well my long run (12 km) last weekend hurt me again and I couldn't run on Tuesday so did a walk/run with my daughter instead. Then I skipped my Thursday run mostly b/c I was overwhelmed at work but also b/c I needed the break for my legs. Then today got half way thru my long run and ended up with belly issues again and had to bail early (4km). ARGHHHHH!

OK, so what have I learned? I can't do the half marathon in 2 weeks. IMIGHT be able to do a 10km.

My body hates running and fights it constantly so I will have to trick it.

The plan will be to cut back on the miles and stop as soon as I feel pain. I cannot work thru the pain of running like I can with biking.

For the next two months I am not going to build my long run. I am going to run 4-5km easy twice during the week and then do 5-8km on the weekend depending on how I'm feeling. When I can consistently run 8km without a problem, then I will run 8-10km on the weekend until 10km becomes easy. That means I have to do it 2-3 weeks in a row before I try to add any more miles. Then I'll run 10-12km for a month, building slowly.

Maybe this will work. I dunno. Gotta keep trying.

PS I won the me and my axe competition! Thanks for voting for me!