Today I had my last tempo run. 2 miles warm up, then 3x 1200 at tempo pace, 2 miles CD. And wow — I felt like I wasn’t running inside my own body. My head is mildly fuzzy, and my legs feel like they’ve run a 1/2 marathon. And my lungs are working hard! Not…
= not fun. I’m through day 1.5, and my brain is a little fuzzy (could be sleep related, or that work is a little crazy, but I don’t think so). Looking forward to Thursday when the “all carb” plan kicks in! At least then I’ll have more options for meals and snacks. Eating salad, chicken,…
My husband’s alarm went off at 6:00 this morning, and as I was trying to fall back asleep (I don’t wake up until later), my heart raced — out of excitement and nervousness for the marathon :). I fell back asleep visualizing the excitement of the beginning of the race. Nervous energy from everyone around…
Wow… that’s crazy! I’m starting to get really excited!! This week will be a 50-60 mile week, and then I’ll taper to 20-27 the week of the marathon. In a way, that’s scary (I’m not strong enough! I haven’t worked hard enough! That’s what I always find myself saying during a taper), but in a…
Argh. Why do I do this?? Tonight’s VO2 max was 8x800m. 1st time I’ve done 800s during this cycle, so I didn’t really know what to expect. I consulted my “advanced marathoning” book, and it told me to shoot for 2:48s. Plus, I knew in the back of my mind that, per the “Yasso 800”…
Time’s winding down: just a little over 2.5 weeks to race day! That means I get to count down the hard workouts I have left. What a fun feeling. Tonight’s Tuesday Tempo run was 2×20 minutes, with a warm up, 2.5 miles in between, and a CD, it totalled 13.5 miles. Although my legs were…