Adding some structure

I’ve made it almost 4 weeks since getting the all clear to run again after my pregnancy. And it’s going well so far. I’ve been running 3-4 days a week for about 30-40 minutes a day. This week I added some short hills (4x~.1 mile) on Thursday and a long run (8 miles) today. These runs are much slower than I’ve been in many, many years, but I have to start somewhere. I’m hoping that adding some variation and a little intensity to my running will help me see results and get me moving faster. If all goes well, I’ll try to stick with this plan of one short workout a week and the weekly long run with the goal of running in the Bed-Stuy 10K in October. I know I won’t run nearly as fast as I did during marathon training last year, but it’ll be nice to put in a hard effort and see where I’m at and then build from there.