Weekly Workout Schedule – 5.6.13

Last week’s schedule

Monday – ~~3 mi~~ actual: rest
Tuesday – ~~4 mi~~ actual: 3 mi
Wednesday – ~~5 mi~~ actual: 5.5 miles
Thursday – ~~Rest~~
Friday – ~~Rest~~
Saturday – ~~The 20 Miler~~ complete
Sunday – ~~Strength~~ actual: 60 min hot yoga +7.6 mi bike ride

Total running miles – 28.5

Well, with that, there are 3 weeks left until the Vermont City Marathon. On Saturday morning I got a taste of what the marathon could possible be like, weather-wise. It wasn’t too hot on Saturday (I think around 50* when I started), but for a portion of my run it felt like it was about 85* (in reality it was only about 68*, but felt a lot hotter.)

Unfortunately, my 20 miler was 10 minutes slower than my previous one for my last marathon training cycle. I was pretty bummed about it, but then remembered that I’ve been injured for most training, so just the fact that I even completed my 20 miler is pretty sweet.

I went to a PT session on Friday afternoon to make sure my foot was good and ready to run for over three hours, and that helped a lot because my foot felt okay–good enough to know I’ll be able to make through 26.2 (hopefully) with no major problems.

I started my run out at about 8:30am, running a very hilly 9 mile loop, back to my apartment for some Nuun and fuel, and ran to buckingham park to meet my friends Brendan and Sue! They kept me company while we ran down to Lark Street and Washington Park, back to their apartment where I left them for the remaining 2 miles of my run.

{Spotted while I was waiting at the pond, tulips in bloom!}

Long Run Stats

Distance – 20 miles
Time – 3:37:36
Average Pace – 10:52/mile (pretty on target–I joined the 4:45 pace team for the marathon in order to keep me from running too fast at the start of the race and to get me to my goal of under 5 hours for the marathon!)