Half Marathon: Week #9

[seventhe]

	Tempo Run / Intervals	Long Run	Easy Recovery Run	total	target
Week #1	3.07 mi	5.4 mi	3.2 mi	11.67 mi	11 mi
Week #2	3.5 mi	4.85 mi	3.64 mi	12 mi	12 mi
Week #3	4 mi	6.6 mi	3.3 mi	13.9 mi	13.3 mi
Week #4	3.87 mi	7.5 mi	3.3 mi	14.67 mi	14.6 mi
Week #5	4.2 mi	8.9 mi	3.4 mi	16.5 mi	16 mi
Week #6	4.5 mi				REST
Week #7	5.5 mi	6 mi	4.8 mi	16.3 mi	16 mi
Week #8	4.1 mi	9.3 mi	4.5 mi	17.9 mi	18 mi
Week #9	3.1 mi	8.8 mi	3.4 mi	15.3 mi	15 mi

Week #9 was an impromptu rest week to recover from some general pain and minor leg injuries.

• 3.1 miles - a tempo run, 0.5mi 'on' and 0.5mi 'off', where even the 'off' stretches were fast for me. I did the 5K in 28:40, which for my asthmatic butt AND on an injury is pretty good.


• The 3.5 miler was supposed to be 5-6 miles, but I had an asthma attack. I blame allergies. Stupid tree sex.


• So, my 8.8 miler. I wanted to get in a long slow run, but I also really wanted this to be a REST week because if I don't HEAL I'm not going to be able to run this race. So I set the interval timer on my wristwatch, and did 5 minutes of jogging / 1 minute walking, for 90 minutes. It was enough of a workout that I still feel relatively accomplished this week, but hopefully it wasn't so harsh of a strain on my calves that I got into more trouble.

Although that marks the end of Resting. The race is officially 5 weeks of training away!

This week's goals:

• 10.5 miles, outside


• 20 miles total

Comments

[novel_machinist]

GO GO GO ! :D

[salarta.livejournal.com]

I approve of your target for week #6.

[jennyclarinet.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I can't believe it's almost a month away!! We must both strive to, above all else, stay HEALTHY!

I'm finding it's so much easier to increase the mileage now that running outside is possible. I tackled some major hills yesterday. I'm noticing that my calf muscles and achilles tendons are super tight, so I need to devote more time to stretching.

I saw Chris O'Donnell on Conan (Chris was my high school celebrity crush), and he was talking about running his first ever marathon. It was making me get excited about our half!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. Only a month: we can do this! I am getting pretty excited.

Also, did I tell you -- my brother's band is going to be playing alongside the course! There aren't any guarantees of where, but they're trying to get a spot in the first half so that we can see them as we run past. If not, once we're done we can go hang out with the band and watch the last marathoners go by!

MY calves and heels have been really tight ever since I started running outside (since about 2 weeks ago I think all my runs have been outdoors), which is why I'm not pushing it on speed yet. I am just praying there's no more snow...!!