Well, based on my post last week, I didn’t exactly get to where I wanted to mileage-wise. One rule I learned about marathon training long ago was that things don’t always go as planned and I just need to roll with it.

The week started out great with my 15 x 300 meter effort on the roads in my regular Brooks training shoes. I was cruising in 52-54 seconds and actually felt quick for the first time in awhile.

I was trying to get 1-2 double days in there and got none in. Partially because it rained Thursday-Saturday…which to my high school aged self living in Nebraska would have been no big deal. To my current 30 year old, working full time self, it means two tread mill runs including one which was a third of what it was supposed to be (see the 24^th).  I was supposed to do 3 x 4k and b/c of the weather, it actually was raining hard that morning, I went to the gym at our apartment. I did one rep at 5:20 pace and felt terrible. A combination of running on a treadmill and our management company keeping our gym at approximately 85 degrees and I was about to pass out.  Factor in my 4:30 AM wakeup call and my motivation was not at an all time high.

I was happy to come back on the 25^th and have my fastest long run ever – in a fartlek type effort. This was in the rain w/ no headphones so it didn’t necessarily go by fast, but I was happy with the effort to say the least.  This run didn’t necessarily come easy to me so I was happy to kind of grind my way through it. Paid the price afterwards as I was in the fetal position for a few hours, but I guess that is just one of the many joys we receive while getting into shape! I had a nice recovery run on Saturday the 26^th, and then my birthday was on the 27^th – thanks for the well wishes!  Sunday was a true rest and recovery day as my body was probably shocked by the events over the prior 36 hours.

Running the Huntington Beach Half marathon this Sunday, so have one hard workout tomorrow (Tuesday) with the rest of the week prepping for that day. Interested to see how my body responds to training and how long I can redline at 5:20 mile pace for. It still feels fairly quick to me so hoping to get some competition running at close to the same clip.

21^st:  11 Total, 6.5 warm up, Drills, Miles at 5:43, 5:53, 5:54, 1 Mile Cool Down

22^nd:  10.5 Total, 5 warm up, 15 x 300 with 100 jogging rest, 2 cool down – on the roads

23^rd:  9.5 Total, 1:07:16 (7:05 Average)

24^th:  5 Total, 2 warm up, 2.5 Miles at 5:20 Pace – On the treadmil

25^th:  18 Total, 1:47:28 (5:58 Average). Went three minutes hard on the 6 minute marks (i.e. at 6 min, 12 min, 18 min etc…)

26^th:  4 Total, 7 minute average — Treadmill

27^th:  Rest

Total:  58 Miles

Happy Training!