Week 9 of Marathon Training: Oct 5 – Oct 11

Monday – A glorious 5 mile run in the evening.  The weather was cool (still tank top weather, but not sweltering) and I decided on no watch – just my music.  It felt great!

Tuesday – Had another work dinner so I hit the gym for a quick 2 miles (16:37 – 8:19 pace).

Wednesday – Group run: 4 miles (37:05 – 9:16 pace). 9:56, 8:53, 9:06 and 9:08.

Thursday – Rest day

Friday – Ran 4 miles

Saturday – Run/walk 7 miles.  My heart wasn’t in it!

Sunday – Off Day – went for a 45 minute walk at night to get my steps in.  I guess these fitness tracker things are motivating

 

Total miles: 22 miles.  Wednesday I got notified of a large loss on one of my work accounts and being stressed out absolutely kills my motivation for working out.  All weekend I was down, anxious, and stressed out over it that I didn’t do much….

 

Although I am half through marathon training, I have skipped some long runs and haven't done perfect, but I still have a solid 2 months before the race.  That is 6 weeks of work, followed up with 2 weeks of taper, so I should still be OK.  Last year I tried to do a bit too much and that along with life just caught up to me.  I am trying to mimic my first (Chicago) marathon training plan and am ahead of schedule on that one.

Week 8 of Marathon Training: Sept 28 – Oct 4

Monday – Lunch: 3 miles!  Home: 6 miles.  The weather is finally only hitting highs in the low-90s, so most of the time it was only been in the 80s when I get my run in.  So much better!

Tuesday – Had a work dinner, so hit the gym in the basement of the building between work and the dinner.  2 miles (17:30 – 9:10 & 8:20), then lifted arms – bent over row, shoulder press, bicep curl, chest press, triceps extensions, and leg raises.

Wednesday – Lunch: 3 miles.  Evening: Group Run: 4 miles.  Followed up with some (Chicago) 312 Beer!

Thursday – Top Golf and sand volleyball sort of day. There was no running and no ‘true workout,’ but I woke up super sore on Friday!

Friday – Off Day

Saturday – 16 miles (2:44:02 – 10:15 pace).  This run went extremely well.  I did 10.5 miles and ended up back at the house, had to charge the watch/iPod for 30 minutes then went out for the last 5.5 miles.  Ran the full 16 in new shoes and had no problems.

Sunday – Off Day – surprising how good I felt after 16, no soreness or fatigue.

 

Total miles: 34 miles.  Right on target!