Sooooo,
I realized on Thursday that I had not posted this week’s marathon
training recap. Ooops. I meant to type it up and post it Thursday
evening but I got home way later than I meant to, so I didn’t have time
and I didn’t have time
yesterday morning either before work. So, here it is…just like 5 days
late…haha. I’m really sorry for the lack of posts this past week. I
hope you haven’t lost interest in me.
• Tuesday: overtime Monday night.
• Wednesday: overtime Tuesday night.
• Thursday:
FINALLY got my new Altra Ones, no thanks to UPS shipping them all over
the freaking country. So much for 2 day delivery. So, of course, I had
to take them out for a test run! Also, hadn’t run since Sunday, so a
shakeout
before starting the relay Friday morning was a good idea in my mind.
For a short 3 miler I went. My legs were excited to run as my splits
were 10:05, 9:48 and 9:30. Felt great!
• Friday:
relay time! This was my first relay ever that I have participated in.
For my first run, I ran 6.53 miles. The run went fantastic. I
listened to my military cadence and knocked out the whole thing in
1:01:06! Snagged
a brand new shiny 10K PR in the process even!
My
second run was a sunset run and was only 4.37 miles. I felt pretty
good, but this was the first time I’ve ever run twice in one day, so it
was a whole new experience for me. I was trying to overtake this lady
that was in front of me.
I paced her pretty well the first 2 miles, but then I started getting
tired and she pulled away from me. I got chased by a dog for the first
time ever during this run and that definitely kicked that bit of the run
up a notch or two.
• Saturday:
day 2 of the relay! I got to run at sunrise for my first run of the
day. This leg was 7.51 miles. And there was a decent amount uphill
going on. But I managed to keep my overall pace under the 10 minute
mark. I got
chased by another dog. This one was a little scarier because it was
bigger, had a deeper bark and chased me further than the first one. I
ran much faster for about half a mile as a result.
Now for leg #4 of the relay. This one
was 6.55 miles and was my slowest, but was still at a good pace,
really. I got chased by a horse, but thankfully it stopped before it
got to me. Nope, it was not behind a fence or tethered to one
of those merry go round type trainer things, either. Was pretty
weirded out by that. Overall, I ran the 24.96 miles at a 9:45 pace.
Wow! I used this whole relay as a training trial run of sorts for the
marathon. And I think it went REALLY well.
• Sunday: so, as if running
basically 25 miles between Friday and Saturday wasn’t enough, I just had
to go and run a 5K race! It ended up being only 2.9 miles (per my
Garmin AND my FitBit). I finished in 26:02 officially. I wish
it had been a full 5K as that would have been a major PR for me. Oh
well. I won 1st in my age group and had a great race. I was
able to do a really good kick at the end and passed a lady that had
previously passed me up.
• Monday: since I decided last
minute on Sunday to not do the race as a shakeout run to help me recover
from the relay, but to race it, I was in desperate need of a shakeout
run. So, 4 miles at a 10:49 pace was on the roster for
this day.
Overall,
I had yet another fantastic week of marathon training. I had amazing
runs at every turn and I just feel great. I feel super confident about
the marathon next month (just 3 more weeks!
eeeeeee!). No doubts that I will hit my 9:43 average pace…or at the
very least I know I will get a major PR out of it. I will EARN the sh!t
out of that sandcastle medal!
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