I had an interesting week of training... I started out the week still feeling a little tired/sore from the 10 mile race I ran last Saturday. Tried to take things slow and easy this week as it was another week of extending my mileage. I also am very close to reaching my 190 lb goal. I'm starting to think I can get to 180-185 for marathon week.
This was to be my first of 2 20 milers this training cycle. The very hot week lead to a very cool weekend. Unfortunately due to family obligations, I still had to run when it was in the low 70's and in the mid-afternoon. I ended up cutting the run short at 18 miles. I was already starting to shuffle my feet and felt lousy as it was already 5pm and I was starving and feeling terrible. The first 13 or so miles felt just fine though. I started too fast for a training run as many of my first miles were 9:30 or less. I definitely am still feeling the race from the previous week.
On the bright side, another 40+ mile week, I think it's my 3rd of this training cycle.
M - 5 slow miles
T - 8 miles
W - 4 miles
R - 8 miles at 9:30 pace
F - Rest
S - Rest
S - 18 miles at 9:45 pace (terrible end)
Looking at those numbers, I realize now that the Thursday 8 mile run may have been too aggressive. It was in some humidity/warmth with some rain thrown in as well.
Oh well, that week is history, time to start a new week.
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