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!