Back on schedule! :) This was another build week as I reach peak build next week. It feels very real right now.
Week of Workouts:
Monday: Cross-train day - 31 mins on bike // 13 mins on rower
Tuesday: 45 min MAF - 3.05 miles // 128 HR
Wednesday: Rest day
Thursday: 42 min - avg intensity run - 3.24 miles // 28 mins strength + mobility
Friday: 41 min MAF - 3.02 miles // 133 HR
Saturday: 27 min walk - 1.3 miles // 93 HR
Sunday: 2 hour long run - 9.92 miles // 12:09 avg pace
I am truly now feeling the entire training block at the moment. I’m feeling both strong and tired. It honestly surprises me to see how I have trained my body to expect more running on most days of the week. I’m keeping up with prehab, mobility and light strength training. This is definitely keeping me strong. One TMI fact is that my feet don’t look quite the same as when I started this block lol. Luckily, I still have all ten toenails, for now.
I have the big 20 mile run this Friday and all the feels are coming in. I have an idea about the full outfit which will be the test run for race day. I’ll share those details next Monday once I have experienced it. I’m also going to test out a new snack (non-gel) and see if I can stomach that during a long run. I’m actually excited to do the longest run ever. I want to make sure I don’t get too close to 5 hours and hoping I can get 20 miles in about 4:30 hours. This way I have plenty of time to recover during the taper. I reached out to my coach’s assistant and they gave me the green light to go over 3 hours but I have to make sure I run extra easy :) Let’s goooooo!
♥︎ When your legs get tired, run with your heart ♥︎