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    CrossFit Endurance Half Marathon Training – Check In

    First off – Thank you for all the congrats on yesterday’s post… I still can’t believe I now have a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Certificate. Who woulda thunk it?! Last month I posted about my CrossFit Endurance Half Marathon Training Plan. I figured I should check in with you and let you know how it’s going! One thing I did want to clarify from my original post is that along with the running schedule I originally posted, I’m also doing regular CrossFit classes 4-5x a week. That includes a strength/skill focus and a WOD. The training plan by Brian Mackenzie that I based mine off of has specific strength and WODs included, but…

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    CrossFit Endurance Half Marathon Training Plan

    I consider running my first fitness love. That’s really what got me into “healthy living” several years ago. I started running a little bit at a time and then jumped into training for a marathon. Not the best idea I’ve ever had, but I learned a lot. Right after I DNF’d the Disney Marathon, I jumped right into training for the GO! STL Half Marathon just 2 weeks after that ugly DNF experience. I didn’t really feel prepared and practically crawled across the finish line in 3:23:48. It was a few minute PR from the Half Marathon Split from Disney, but I know that I know I can do better.…