Friday: Was supposed to do a 1-mile time trial but was planning on combining it with Saturday’s run
Saturday: Woke up exhausted and felt incredibly lethargic all day and just couldn’t motivate
Sunday: 15 miles at a faster pace than I wanted to go
Overall: I feel awesome about the miles I did get in. I don’t have any pain (FIND SOME WOOD, KNOCK ON IT), and I nailed the paces I was trying to reach.
This week is my peak week and another busy week at work.
My first two years of marathon training, I didn’t do these weekly recaps because I thought I wouldn’t want to own up to the weeks my training was less than perfect.
Well, my training will always be less than perfect, because I am human. And not a professional runner. (Although if anyone is looking for a middle-of-the-pack runner? I’m your girl.)
Last week was another week of late nights and early mornings and making the best of what I had.
Monday: I AM SO GOOD AT REST DAYS. Can there be an event that involves lots of rest days as part of its training? Oh, wait. That was my life before 2009…
Tuesday: Pretty sure I’ve never met a 4-miler I didn’t like. A 4-miler seems like a treat during marathon training. I can even leave as “late” as 7am.
Wednesday: Seven miles after work. Seven shitty miles. On last Wednesday, 7 = 26.2. Or at least that’s how my legs felt. I was tired and achy…but I did them.
Thursday: Nailed that rest day.
Friday: Oh. This was the 4-miler I met I didn’t like. Well, it’s not so much that I didn’t like it, I just liked my bed better.
Saturday: Saturday sucked. A lot. It made me wonder just why the hell I was training for a marathon again. I was still exhausted and would have been so much happier to just get back into bed and stay there for a large part of the day. It was supposed to be 10, but I didn’t make it past 6.
Sunday: Sunday was awesome. Thank god. Luckily all of my truly awful runs have been confined to mid-week mileage, save for one really hot 13-miler. Which is fine, because what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and all that. And the long runs are the really important ones.
This week’s mantras: Focus. Eye on the prize. Two more weeks till taper.
SQUEE!!!
How’s your training, and what are your training mantras?
