Again, I’m sorry about last week’s delay in posting my
training update. And, this week’s being
delayed as well. I’m trying to be on the
ball with my posts but things just kind of got out of my control last week and
everything slipped my mind. And then
this week, I just didn’t have the time until today to post it.
• Tuesday: overtime Monday night.
• Wednesday: overtime Tuesday night.
• Thursday: I had training all day, so I headed to
Ladybird Lake and ran at sunset. I had 4
on the schedule but I wanted more. So I
ran 7 miles at 7 seconds faster than MGP.
Felt pretty good for the majority of the run.
• Friday: once I finally got moving in the morning, I
headed out the door for 5 miles. I was
originally going to go for a 10:30 average pace, but my legs had a different,
better idea and we (me and my legs, that is) finished at a 10:11 average
pace. Boom! Felt great.
It’s starting to cool back off again, so I think that helped with how I
was feeling. The cooler weather is
always so nice for me to run in. I look
forward to it all year! Got my hydration pack set up the way I want it finally. The Osprey
bladder I ordered had a tiny tear in it so it leaks, BUT the hose with its
magnetic mouthpiece fits on the bladder that came with the pack, so it all
worked out in the end because I didn't want to deal with returning it for
exchange. Also, fixed my broken selfie
stick...hooray for gorilla glue!
• Saturday: rest day.
• Sunday: LONG RUN DAY!!! Last super-long long run
before the marathon in T minus 20 days!!! I decided I wanted to try and do a
progressive run. That went great until mile 15 where I hit the wall. Oops. But
it all turned out alright. I had originally planned to wear my pace band for
the marathon and do a trial run of the first 22 miles, but I forgot until I was
about to start running. Oops again. Later
in the day, I was so exhausted and felt like I’d ran a marathon. And usually when I run a marathon, I take a
2-3 hour nap in the afternoon…well, I had a bunch of stuff to do so no
nap. Wah wah.
• Monday: rest day. Sunday’s
long run kinda kicked my ass and I was so tired because of the whole no nap
situation Sunday afternoon, so I just slept in and got as many steps as I could
get in.
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I did a lot of MGP stuff this week. 2 of my 3 runs were at or super near
MGP. On Sunday’s long run where I averaged
just 2 seconds slower than my MGP for SPI, my fastest mile was 9:14. Per the pace band I’ll be using for SPI, the
fastest mile I’ll have to run is a 9:34.
So I should be golden at the marathon!
I was really sore for the couple days following my long run,
obviously! Also, my calves were feeling
twingy, like they were close to having strains in them. also, the part of my right ankle that I sprained
so badly last year has been aching/mildly hurting since Monday. So, since Monday night I’ve been sleeping in
my calf and foot/ankle compression gear and it seems to be helping. I’ve also been stretching everything as much
and as often as I can to keep the blood flow good to all areas.
As of the end of Sunday’s long run, I am in taper mode. Eeek! It’s
less than 2.5 weeks until I see if all my training pays off! I’m beyond excited to see how I do. I am curious if I’ll a) hit my goal and/or b)
blow my goal out of the water. I am not
going to kill myself, but I’m going to go according to my pace band until mile
20. If I’m feeling fantastic, then I’m
going to kick it the final 10K and see if I can finish 5 or so minutes faster
than my goal finish time of 4:15:00.
Total miles this week = 34
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