Week 5 Goals, 14 Weeks until Botston!

Week 4 was rough!  Man am I glad that is over!!  I think I am finally over whatever sickness I had.  I had high hopes last Friday to finish out my weeks runs but that was just not realistic.  I ran 5 miles on Friday and felt extremely weak.  I took the weekend off to start fresh on Monday. 

Week 5 Goals - Get back on Track!

Jan 9th - 15th

Mon  - 7 miles

Tues - 14 miles

Wed - 5 miles

Thurs - 12 miles

Fri - 5 miles

Sat - 20 miles

Total weekly mileage - 63 miles

Week 4 Goals, 15 Weeks until Boston!

Week 3 goals were all met!  The week could not have went better!  More sleep on days I did not have to wake up early to run.  Had the best long run of my training (16 miles in 7:40 pace).  Weekly mileage was a little lower than goal but was up 6 miles from last week (55miles).  Introduced the first LT run, I was ok with the workout but not thrilled.  My LT run consisted of 9 miles with 4 miles at LT pace (10k- 1/2 marathon pace).  I ran 2 miles as a warmup and immediately started into my LT pace at 2 miles.  I hit 6:39 pace for my 4 LT miles.  (I will take it but it needs to be closer to 6:25).  Then 3 miles as a cool down at average pace (7:30ish).  Great Week!!

Week 4 - Disaster!!

As you can see by the date of this post that week 4 goals should have been posted 4 days ago.  I actually got sick on January 1st at night.  No, it is not due to the night before.  There were no hangovers here :)  It took me down pretty hard and I was either in my bed or on the couch for at least 36 hrs.  I have missed my runs Mon - Thurs this week.  I still have a lot of muscle fatigue from it but will get back to it today.  The only goal for week 4 at this point is to salvage the week the best I can.

Fri Jan 6 - 7 miles

Sat Jan 7 - 18 miles

Sun Jan 8 - 5 miles

Weekly mileage - 30

Week 3 Goals, 16 weeks until Boston!

Week 2 goals were definitely challenged last week.  On Tuesday I was supposed to do 12 miles but I had to cut it off at 8.  I had a muscle tighten up in my calf at 4 miles and I made it to 8 but was just too tight.  I did not want to risk an injury this early.  I got in to the Chiropractor late in the week and it was just my right side out of alignment.  So ended up just giving me a sore muscle for a few days.  I shortened my long run as well this week because I have added so many miles so fast.  Weekly goal mileage was 55, weekly miles accomplished 48. 

Week 3 Goals

1.  Introduce some intensity into the workouts.  Lactate Threshold workouts start. 
2.  More sleep on nights I don't have to wake up early to run. 

Weekly Mileage:  58

Mon - Off

Tues - 9 w/4 @ LT pace (10k pace)

Wed - 13

Thurs - 5

Fri - 11

Sat - 15

Sun - 5

Week 2 Goals, 17 weeks until Boston!

Week 1 went well and hit my goal on most of the days.  I had to move some things around, I took Friday off of the easy run that was scheduled and ended up running 19 miles for my long run instead of 16.  Ended up with 51 miles and goal was 53.

Week 2 goal - Listen to my body and be smart about adding mileage. Total Mileage 55.

Mon - 7

Tues - 12

Wed - 5

Thurs - 9

Fri - 5

Sat - 17

Sun - Off

Week 1 Goals, 18 Weeks until Boston!

Keep it simple!

Increase mileage but not intensity...

Weekly Mileage:  53

Mon - 7

Tues - 11

Wed - 5

Thurs - 9

Fri - 5

Sat - 16