Week 7 of Marathon Training: Sept 21 – Sept 27

Monday – Lunch: 3 miles!  Home: 5 miles (47:58 – 9:35 avg).  My legs were super tired, but I just kept it easy and was pretty happy at the end of this run.  9:36, 9:36, 9:38, 9:39, 9:27.

Tuesday – Rest Day!

Wednesday – Lunch: 3 miles.  Group run from Palio’s 3.09 miles in 28:51 (9:21 pace – 9:44, 9:23, 8:59 & 8:42 pace to finish).  Then pizza and beer on the patio!

Thursday – Lunch: 3 miles

Friday – Rest Day

Saturday – Easy 5 mile run

Sunday – Rest Day

 

Total miles: 22 miles.  Not the best week of running, but I am definitely starting to feel better on my runs!

Week 6 of Marathon Training: Sept 14 – Sept 20

Monday – Rest Day!

Tuesday – Gym: 3 miles in 27:22 (9:07 pace).  0.50 warm up at 9:30, 1.50 miles at marathon pace – 9:05, and then kept picking it up a bit over the last mile!  Then Body Pump time.  For some reason I could not handle the same weight I did last week, so I had to scale is down a bit.  Not sure if the run took it out of me, didn’t eat (well) enough, or just wasn’t my day.  Still managed a good workout!

Wednesday – Lunch: 3 miles.  Group run: 4 miles (38:28 – 9:37 pace).  10:10, 9:39, 9:18, 9:20.

Thursday – Lunch: 3 miles

Friday – Rest     

Saturday – 14 miles.  Ran 1.6 miles before the Tour de Fleurs 20K. The first 6 or so miles of the races went well, the last 6 miles of the race were a struggle!

Sunday – Lake/football day!

 

Total miles: 27 miles and Body Pump! 

Week 5 of Marathon Training: Sept 7 – Sept 13

Monday – Lake Day!

Tuesday – Lunch: 2 miles.  Gym: 3 miles (26:13 – 8:44 pace) – speed interval.  0.50 easy (9:30 pace)/0.50 speed (under 8 pace).  Body Pump!

Wednesday – Lunch: Ran 3 miles.  Group Run: 4 miles – it is amazing what 10 degrees cooler temperatures can do for your run (and confidence)!

Thursday – Rest Day!

Friday – Lunch: 2 miles (17:18 -8:39 pace) – a few speed intervals.  Evening: 2 miles (18:03 – 9:01 pace).  Small hill repeats. 9:08 & 8:54

Saturday – 5.28 mile run (50:07 – 9:30 pace).  I extended my 5 mile loop a bit and it added the nice hill.  Today’s run was supposed to be longer, but my legs weren’t having it.

Sunday – 10 miles.  I did my 5 mile loop twice, stopped at home between just for enough time to switch out my water bottle.  I was still doing my 0.10 walk/0.90 run ratio.  First loop 5 miles in 52:15 (10:27 pace) and my second loop – 5 miles in 50:10 (10:01 pace). I keep reminding myself that my LSD - Long Slow Distance runs are supposed to be 60-90 secs slower than your marathon pace.  The goal is just to get the miles on the legs and your legs used to working for longer periods of time.

 

Total miles: 31 miles and Body Pump!  Overall I am pretty happy with this week: Good total miles, a bit of speed/hill training, back-to-back runs on the weekend, and some strength training.

I’m excited to have a race next weekend (20K) and will add a little bit of mileage before & after for my long run!

Week 4 of Marathon Training: Aug 31 – Sept 6

Monday – Ran 3 miles with a couple of hill repeats. 27:24 (9:08 pace).  9:28, 9:05 & 8:51

Tuesday – Gym Day: Elliptical for 30 minutes and Body Pump! 

Wednesday – Lunch: Ran 3 miles.  Then did some bridemaid's dress shopping.

Thursday – Rest Day.  Played a couple games of sand volleyball 

Friday – Lunch: Ran 3 miles

Saturday – Ran 13 miles

Sunday – Lake Day!!!

 

Total miles: 22 miles and a little bit of strength.  A lot less miles than I wanted, but I did get the long run done!