Double click the image — it’ll give you a readable version. The “week” column is weeks until race day. So, week 1 is the week before the marathon. I don’t count the week of, since I don’t count mileage then & instead basically just do whatever makes the legs feel good. I’m currently on “week…
I’ve been tired ALL the time the last couple of weeks. Is this normal? No idea, but it’s not very cool. I don’t feel like I should be this tired… my mileage isn’t that high, and I haven’t had a ton of intensity lately. I’ve been around 70-75 (9.5-10 hours) for the last 3 or…
I couldn’t resist though — I came home hungry & my husband had a wonderful meal (spaghetti!) cooked for me. I had way too much, but I had only eaten breakfast… so eating a full meal felt wonderful. Then, of course, I became really, really sleepy. Nothing like a big meal to do that to…
The first couple days of this week were lower mileage, a sort of recovery half-week. The good news is that my legs have responded well (good sign that I haven’t been over-training). I’m a little concerned that they’re feeling too good. Today’s 15 miler felt effortless, and I was clicking off the miles at a…
Wow — wouldn’t have guessed I could run sub 29:30, at all! I made a bet with Nate the night before: 15 minutes massage if I ran sub 30:00. His personal best is a 30:04, and my personal best before today was a 30:34. So, 29:59 seemed like a reasonable goal. My legs didn’t feel…
Wow, what a difference a week makes! I went to the track yesterday to do another set of mile repeats. Per the suggestion of my coach, I was to up my reps to 4 (vs. 3 last week). I was dreading the workout because of how last week went. But it actually went really well!…