Here I am at the peak of marathon training. This is how I roll. Here is the kind of week I put in at the peak of marathon training:
Monday AM: 3 miles at 8:16 pace
Tuesday AM: 21 miles stationary bike (1 hour)
Friday AM: 40 minutes stationary bike + 2 miles treadmill at 8:22 pace
Saturday AM: 18 miles (12 easy + 6 at 7:30 pace)
Sunday AM: 2.6 miles
Total: 25.6 miles(almost a marathon!)
Yeah. That’s about what Ryan Hall did this week, I think. The Saturday run was a solid 18 miler, but it’s pretty sad that I couldn’t put together enough miles in the 6 other days of the week to even equal a marathon. I’m pretty mentailly drained right now. I’m ready for the race to be over so I can get up in the morning and run (or not run) however many miles I feel like at whatever pace I feel like without a schedule to follow.
5 weeks to go. I’ll try to be better this week.
Wow you had quite the weekend of running! Hopefully you can get back into the groove of training and such soon!
That is still a comendable week.I wish I could push myself into those types of miles, but I start physically breaking down around 45 miles or so. Jeez - you almost put that amount in over the weekend!
The camera this past weekend was my iPhone. I carry it in my fuel belt…
Okay, I’ve edited the post. I accidentally put my total mileage for the week under Sunday, so it looked like I ran 18 on Saturday and then came back with 25.6 on Sunday. LOL. I would have actually been proud of that!
I can’t make myself do the stationary bike. EVen the elliptical is less painful for me.
Don’t worry a bad week isn’t going to make or break your marathon time. Just shows how important your taper will be. Good luck.
