Hey friends!
Last week was the second week of the marathon specific phase of my training for the First Light Marathon. I am also pacing a marathon in 3 weeks! I didn’t make many notes about the easy runs last week, so this will be fairly brief.
Here is what my training looked like the week of 11.13.17 – 11.19.17:
Monday AM – Easy: 5 miles (8:40 pace) + PM – Easy: 5.1 miles (8:41 pace)
Tuesday AM – Easy: 5 miles (8:43 pace)
Wednesday AM – Brisk: 10 miles (7:38 pace) + PM – Easy: 5 miles (9:10 pace)
Wednesday morning my training plan called for a 10 mile run with 5 miles easy and 5 at a brisk pace, which is very similar to goal marathon pace. The goal range for the brisk portion was 6:45 to 7:00 pace. It felt great out Wednesday morning (once we got warmed up :)). It was a brisk 50 degrees with a slight wind … perfect weather for a brisk run!
I had company for this workout! Workouts are a million billion trillion times easier with friends. We averaged 8:28 for the first 5 miles of the run and then it was time to pick it up a little bit! We averaged 6:45 exactly for the second 5 miles, so right at the low end of the goal range! Woo! Our splits for the brisk miles were 6:57, 6:53, 6:45, 6:32 and 6:39. We got a little overly ambitious on those last two miles, but it felt good, so I just went with it.
Thursday – Easy: 8 miles (8:32 pace)
Friday AM – Easy: 5 miles (8:39 pace) + PM – Easy: 5 miles (8:56 pace)
Saturday – RACE: Turkey 10! Fast Finish Long Run (aka Turkey 20!): 20 miles (7:29 pace)
Race recap is here!
Sunday – Easy: 6.8 miles (8:28 pace)
Total – 75.0 miles (so even!)
That’s all I’ve got for today. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! Talk to you guys soon.
What a beautiful medal tree! Your “brisk” run sounds like a lot of fun and it’s great you were able to be so speedy at the end of it.
What a beautiful medal tree! Your “brisk” run sounds like a lot of fun and it’s great you were able to be so speedy at the end of it.