Marathon Training
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Weekly Workout Schedule – 1.14.13
Well, I’m back from Florida! The weekend there was nice and unseasonably warm for January–in the 80s! I miss it already. Friday morning I went to the St. Sebastian River State Park to check out the trails with mom and dad and ended up going for a nice little 4 mile trail run! It was pretty deserted though. My parents were walking nearby so that was good. I ran 2 miles out and then 2 miles back. It was a 9 mile loop that I had originally wanted to run, but I figured it’d be too lonely and kind of scary to run that whole thing alone… I did end…
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Weekly Workout Schedule – 11.5.12 (Marathon Week!)
Last week’s schedule Monday – Rest Tuesday – 4 mi complete Wednesday – 3 mi actual: 5 mi Thursday – 4 mi actual: 3.9 mi Friday – Rest Saturday – 8 mi – Last long run before the marathon! actual: 7.5 mi Sunday – Rest/XT – I’m going to try REALLY hard to get to a yoga class at some point Yoga Class (finally!) Total Mileage – 20 mi I went to yoga Sunday morning and it was glorious! My legs needed some serious stretching and yoga was perfect. Now my upper body is sore. 😉 Workout schedule for this week Monday – 4 mi Tuesday – 2 mi Wednesday…
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Marathon Training in Numbers
One week from today I’ll be running my first marathon in Richmond, Virginia! I figured this post would be fun. Marathon training in numbers: Days left until marathon: 7 Times I’ve been to Richmond, VA: Zero Miles I’ll be running in Richmond, VA: 26.2 (+2 if you count the “shake out” run) Weeks I spent training: 18 Long runs on the bike path: 4 Miles ran during training as of today: 405 Marathons volunteered at: 1 (Mohawk Hudson River Marathon) Cider donuts consumed: 5 Pumpkin beers consumed: too many to count Ice baths taken: 3 Pieces of carrot cake eaten: 2 Running gear purchased: 5 (1 pair Injinji socks, 1 pair…
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What I’m Loving Right Now: Marathon Training Edition – Part II
Zensah Compression Sleeves At first I didn’t see the point in compression socks or sleeves. But some marathoners swear by them, so I figured I’d get a pair since I’ll be running high mile runs and want my legs to recover as fast as possible. These are so comfortable. My legs feel great when I wear them after running my long runs! I wore them during a run once and didn’t really notice much of a difference, so I probably won’t wear them while I run. And lets face it, they would look pretty weird with running crops. Honey Stinger Waffles I mentioned these in my marathon food post but…
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The 20 Miler
I’m officially in in taper mode after yesterday’s long run of marathon training, the 20 miler. This is the most important run of training. Most marathon training plans max out at 20 miles and not much more (some say 22) because running for so long takes such a toll on the body and it needs to recover from the distance..going any further at once during training might cause injury. A 20 miler will adequately prepare you for the marathon. The last 6.2 will just be adrenaline. 🙂 Now, I have three weeks to taper, or reduce my mileage until race day and recover from training. I wasn’t sure how Sunday’s…
