Nothing exciting to report about my marathon training during this stepback week. Today was a 6 mile easy run, which I did indoors due to high heat and high humidity. I will admit that these are b-o-r-i-n-g days in the gym. To combat that some I see how high I can ramp up the incline on the treadmill without making my heart explode.
While my heart didn't explode, it was one of the more challenging 9:22/mile pace runs I've had in a while. In fact, for an easy run it wasn't all that easy and my knees are sore.
But it's over and tomorrow is a blessed day of rest. I'm feeling a little burned out on running this week so I'm thankful I only have 7 miles to do as my long run this weekend.
Maybe those people who devise marathon training programs know what they're doing.
It is good to know that someone knows what they are doing. This week was supposed to be a step back week for me but I was going to forge ahead and ignore it or at least put it off one more week. My body had other plans and I'm either suffering from bad allergies or I have a bad cold, either way I feel like crap and have the energy of a slug. No long run today, if fact, no run today at all. We'll see how I feel later but I think I'm having a forced low mileage week if I wanted it or not.
ReplyDeleteBack to your run and training. Which is what this is all about anyway. How are you feeling about the plan you choose now? I'm anxious to hear how your runs go the next few weekends when they get really long. I predict you're going to be running a full Marathon in October. ;-)
I survived 2 miles on a treadmill the other day, I can't remember how to do more than that. I guess I'll have to as the weather gets nasty here. Hope you next long run in cool enough for you!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I did get in a 5 mile outdoor run so I'm on track for my low mileage week, hopefully my body is ready to ramp it up next week.