WHY in the world, did my training schedule have me running a 10 MILER this week for my mid-week long run?
I am less than two weeks out from The Little Rock Marathon and had to run my mid-week on Tuesday. When I went to check my training schedule, which I keep on a Google Calendar, I found that I was supposed to run 10 miles. With the lingering fatigue from the 23 on Saturday and the fact that I am only running 12 miles for my long run this week, 10 miles seemed a bit over-zealous so I made the executive decision to drop it to an 8 miler. I still think I must have transfered the numbers incorrectly from my Excel spread sheet.
Tuesdays run ended up being a pretty good run. Legs were very tired for the first 4 miles and then just plugged on through the last 4 miles. Had to run in the late afternoon and my food from the day didn't even cause issues (which happens often). I averaged 9:40's which is still slower than I want to run on race day. Maybe the excitement of the day and getting to run a whole marathon with my sister will get me through a bit quicker. Whatever the case - I feel mentally ready for March 6 and can't wait for my legs to join my brain.
Run On!
Brooke
I am less than two weeks out from The Little Rock Marathon and had to run my mid-week on Tuesday. When I went to check my training schedule, which I keep on a Google Calendar, I found that I was supposed to run 10 miles. With the lingering fatigue from the 23 on Saturday and the fact that I am only running 12 miles for my long run this week, 10 miles seemed a bit over-zealous so I made the executive decision to drop it to an 8 miler. I still think I must have transfered the numbers incorrectly from my Excel spread sheet.
Tuesdays run ended up being a pretty good run. Legs were very tired for the first 4 miles and then just plugged on through the last 4 miles. Had to run in the late afternoon and my food from the day didn't even cause issues (which happens often). I averaged 9:40's which is still slower than I want to run on race day. Maybe the excitement of the day and getting to run a whole marathon with my sister will get me through a bit quicker. Whatever the case - I feel mentally ready for March 6 and can't wait for my legs to join my brain.
Run On!
Brooke
1 comment:
Long runs are not easy on weedends, imagine on weekdays!
Keep running!
Alessandro
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