This week was a solid week and it felt very nice to finish it off on Saturday morning, even though that particular run was somewhat brutal at the end. I had two good quality workouts and my longest run in over a year and a half. Here’s how it went:
Monday AM: Threshold run + R pace intervals totaling 10 miles
Monday PM: 3 miles at 8:52 pace
Tuesday AM: 6 miles at 8:54 pace
Wednesday AM: 200, 1000 and 400 m intervals totaling 10 miles
Thursday AM: 6 miles treadmill with Richie (8:30 pace) + full body strength training
Thursday PM: 4 miles running to and from Alice’s cross country meet (8:02 pace)
Friday AM: 6 miles at 8:19 pace
Friday PM: 4 miles with Alice at 8:59 pace
Saturday AM: 16.8 miles at 9:34 pace
Total: 65.8 miles
So, I hit another new weekly mileage PR. I thought I had gone faster on the long run, but I guess that last couple of miles really killed the overall pace. It was good to push the distance out a little farther, though. The speed will come later.
This week will probably be lighter since life has already gotten in the way a bit and I’ve got a race at the end of the week. I’m in my last 2 weeks of 10K training and then I’m officially training for a marathon….and that’s just a little bit scary.
Wow! Them’s some serious miles Brian! Of course, I am finding that the time commitment to run thoe type of miles is even more impressive! Way to go.
And I like your description of taper. Isn’t it true….
you are beasting the miles! (/making me feel inadequate as i *am* in marathon training, thanks!) :-p
Great mileage! Do you have a marathon picked out yet?