But first, as always, the recap:
Training Goals – 9/21 – 9/27
Monday: bike to work – SUCCESS! WOO! I biked to & from work.
Tuesday: run -5 miles (must do this in the morning. I am not ascared of the dark! I can do it! I can!) – FAIL! I didn’t get up in the morning because I AM ascared of the dark. And I had dinner plans after work, so didn’t run then, either. BOO
Wednesday: bike to work – FAIL! But only kind of. I ran 6 miles after work, and I didn’t bike because I had to drive my big project to FedEx
Thursday: run -5 mile. bike to work. – partial SUCCESS! I biked to work. I didn’t run.
Friday: rest day; massage; head to Hood River for the wedding of the century. – I rested and attended the wedding. I walked around Hood River for a while, and then danced in heels, which definitely counts as exercise, right?
Saturday: recover, maybe an afternoon walk or bike ride. – I lazed. And did so much homework.
Sunday: run – 12 miles. Last long run pre-marathon. – I ran 9.5 miles. Which is fewer than 12, but I’m really okay with that.
My run today was okay. Nothing spectacular. It was too hot (I left about noon, after a glorious morning of sleeping in….glorious), and I ran out of water & had to run around parks looking for a water fountain (I found one). I started out pretty strong -
Mile 1: 9:56
Mile 2: 10:02
Mile 3: 10:52 (hill)
Mile 4: 10:35
Then it all went to hell – I started taking walk breaks – my feet were killing me again. Seriously, I am not taking these shoes off for a week! They will be 100% broken in, or else!
Mile 5: 11:36
Mile 6: 13:25 (this is where I decided to cut the run a bit short as I was already out of water & not feeling it)
Mile 7: 12:07
I felt a little better after I found water at the end of mile 7.
Mile 8: 10:53
Mile 9: 11:19
Mile 9.5: 5:03 (10:05 pace)
Overall, 9 miles, 1:45:52, 11:08 pace. I really wanted to keep this last long run at my planned marathon pace of between 10:15-10:25, but it didn’t happen. And you know what, that’s really okay. I’m going to start out w/ the 4:30 pace group, but if I can’t hold it, I’m not going to force myself. I’d rather finish strong than finish (relatively) fast. It’s my first one anyway, automatic PR!
And now – for this week’s goals.
Training Goals: 9/28 – 10/4
Monday: bike to work
Tuesday: 5 mile run – EASY
Wednesday: bike to work
Thursday: travel day
Friday: 3 mile run – EASY
Saturday: panic. go to bed early-ish. panic.
Sunday: race day. holy crap.
ice. watch food intake. make packing list. get homework done. breathe deeply.
Ooooh it’s race week! I think your goals are great for the week (minus the panicking) you’re going to do great!
I’ll probably be on a plane when you finish but as soon as I land I’m going to be checking every social media outlet (texts, FB, twitter, your blog) to see how it went. I expect at the very least that the architect can update something =).
Take care of those feetsies this week!
souds good. Your long run Sunday was still 3 miles longer than mine. And you can count dancing as exercise. And high intensity if it’s in heels!
I’m thinking about starting out in the 4:30 pace group too (if they have one) and then hopefully having enough juice to pick it up toward the end.
countdown
race day holy crap is right, it seems like your race snuck up on me.
going to be so great