I've been able to mostly stick to my schedule, but recently I haven't been able to get in the long run of 16+ that I feel is important for me both aerobically and mentally. The longest run of my training so far was my ~19 miler, and while that felt good for the most part - my achilles issues started during that last mile. I'd like to feel more confident that I'll hold up in the later miles and finish strong. We'll see this week as I have a long run scheduled for Saturday.
Here we go:
| Scheduled | ||||||||||||||
| Mileage | Actual | |||||||||||||
| Day | Date | (min) | (max) | Description | Pace | Distance | Notes | |||||||
| Sunday | 26-Feb | 13.1 | 13.1 | Hyannis Half Marathon | 0:06:45 | 13.25 | Lots of head wind, but race couldn't have gone better. | |||||||
| Monday | 27-Feb | 2.0 | 8.0 | Recovery | 0:08:11 | 5.11 | Achilles is pretty tender today. Took it very easy today. | |||||||
| Tuesday | 28-Feb | 6.0 | 12.0 | Medium Long Run Recovery | 0:08:03 | 8.11 | Achilles moderately sore, but OK. | |||||||
| Wednesday | 29-Feb | - | 5.0 | Recovery | 0 | Woke up feeling TERRIBLE. Sick. Rest. | ||||||||
| Thursday | 1-Mar | 5.0 | 8.0 | Speedwork | 7.49 | Felt surprisingly ok during the run, but still sick. 1m x 3, 400 x 2 | ||||||||
| Friday | 2-Mar | - | 5.0 | Recovery | 0 | Going to try for a long run tomorrow. Still feeling sick. Rest. | ||||||||
| Saturday | 3-Mar | 18.0 | 24.0 | Long Run | 0:08:05 | 20 | Felt pretty good considering the chest cold. Mile 17-20 was pretty tough though. | |||||||
Thursday splits: 6:10, 6:07, 5:58, 1:24, 1:23. First mile repeats of the training - legs felt really good.
I'm very happy with Saturday's run. I kept a very reasonable pace throughout, the knee & achilles felt mostly fine, and I was able to do all this while still recovering from a pretty nasty chest cold. Good week: 53.96 miles.
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