Goodbye Dream Journal, Hello Half Marathon! :)

So, I soon realized that a "dream journal" is impossible to keep for a couple reasons. Firstly, I rarely wake up in the morning remembering my dreams. Secondly, some of my dreams are extremely weird, and I do not feel comfortable sharing them with the world! Thus, I have decided to change my project. I am going to train for a half marathon and document my training on this blog each day. There were several steps that I had to go through in order to figure out which half marathon I wanted to run. 

Step ONE: I wanted a partner to do this with, so my close friends, Sammy & Carleigh, decided to do it with me! 

Step TWO: we had to find a training program that was applicable to us. We both have never run a half marathon before, and thus we settled on the 12 weeks training program for beginners from "Shape Magazine." 

Step THREE:  I made a schedule of the times I will go to the gym everyday. We have decided to run in the April 27th half marathon in Mt. Clemens, MI (which is approximately 1 hour away from Ann Arbor) in support of childhood obesity. We are very excited to start our journey, and I am very excited to document my training 'book' on my blog! Happy Reading! :)
Step FOUR: I plan on eating super healthy while doing this "half marathon training program." I believe if I eat a diet packed with protein and low in processed carbs this will help me run the best possible marathon I can run. Although I will not be keeping a food journal, I will highlight some healthy foods that I have eaten that day as well as tell readers whether I feel as if I was successful in my healthy eating goal for that day. I am really excited to start this "book" of healthy living. 

This is our  gym schedule:

Sunday: Rest Days (yoga/ pure barre)

Monday: GYM @ 11:00 am

Tuesday: GYM @ 9:00 am 

Wednesday: GYM @ 10:00 am

Thursday: GYM @ 9:00 am

Friday: Rest Days (yoga/ pure barre)

Saturday: GYM @ 12:00 pm 

This is Carleigh and my training schedule. We will begin our training on this Monday, February 11th! :)

Week	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	Rest	30-36 minutes 3 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	30-36 minutes 3 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	Rest	4 miles
2	Rest	30-36 minutes 3 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	30-36 minutes 3 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	Rest	5 miles
3	Rest	35-42 minutes 4 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	35-42 minutes 4 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	Rest	6 miles
4	Rest	35-42 minutes 4 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	35-42 minutes 4 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	Rest	7 miles
5	Rest	35-42 minutes 4 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	35-42 minutes 4 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	Rest	4 miles
6	Rest	35-42 minutes 4 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	35-42 minutes 4 miles	45-50 minutes cross training	Rest	8 miles
7	Rest	45-50 minutes 5 miles	30-40 minutes cross training	45-50 minutes 5 miles	45-50 minutes cross training	Rest	9 miles
8	Rest	30-36 minutes 3 miles	35-45 minutes cross training	45-50 minutes 5 miles	45-50 minutes cross training	Rest	6 miles
9	Rest	45-50 minutes 5 miles	35-45 minutes cross training	45-50 minutes 5 miles	45-50 minutes cross training	Rest	10 miles
10	Rest	30-36 minutes 3 miles	35-45 minutes cross training	45-50 minutes 5 miles	45-50 minutes cross training	Rest	7 miles
11	Rest	30-36 minutes 3 miles	35-45 minutes cross training	30-36 minutes 3 miles	45-50 minutes cross training	Rest	6 miles
12	Rest	30-36 minutes 3 miles	30 minutes cross training	30-36 minutes 3 miles	Rest!	Rest!	13.1 miles!