When I was sitting around thinking about running, and my PIA (pain in the ass), and training, and more running, and more training… I wondered how my training looked last year. Last year at this time I was training for the same marathon – Erie. And as luck would have it, a 20 miler always seems to fall on July 4th! Yes, the hottest day of the year. Or so it seems 🙂
Here’s what I was running this week, 2015:
- Mon = 8 miles + strides
- Tues = 10 miles (8 miles at half marathon pace)
- Weds = Rest!
- Thurs = 9 miles easy
- Fri = 20 miles
- Sat = Rest!
- Sun = 5 miles
- Total = 52 miles
Here’s what I’m doing this week… per my reduced, lame condition:
- Mon = Rest!
- Tues = 7.5 miles, intervals *(had some pain)
- Weds = 6 easy miles *(had pain, pain, pain!)
- Thurs = Rest! I biked 8 miles
- Fri = 8 easy miles *(had some pain)
- Sat = between 3 and 6 miles, depending how I feel
- Sun = 9 or 10 miles, 7 at marathon pace
- Total = 37.5 on the high side
Oh man. My training has really sucked this cycle. I was running so many more miles last summer and doing quite well. Some days I’d crank out 13 or 14 miles before work and feel just fine. Now, I feel pain from the moment I walk out the door. Sucks. But… I’m still working on the issue, trying different things and hoping for the best.
I think above all the rest days help. I didn’t run at all on Sat, Sun & Mon and then Tuesday I was able to crank out my goal paces on 3 x 1600 intervals. That accomplishment felt great! (Until I paid for it the next day!)
Today I got through my 8 easy miles with a lower amount of pain, following my rest from running day yesterday. I actually enjoyed my morning bike ride quite a bit. Biking was far less tiring than running, and I still got out to enjoy the early morning!
My bike is in need of an upgrade! It’s at least 17 years old, and makes terrible noises due to needing a tune up. But, it has been a reliable form of transportation for all of these years, so I have to give it credit for that.
I’m looking forward to the long holiday weekend. We will be going to see some fireworks, and do some relaxing. I hope you are all having a good weekend too, if that means racing, resting, traveling or just doing nothing!!
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Q: Are you racing this weekend?
I have never run a July 4th race… see previous comment about 20 mile long run usually falling on this weekend!
Q: If you’re training right now – how has your plan been going?
Glad I have a coach, because I’m pretty far off the “paper” training plan now!
Q: What’s your favorite way to celebrate the holiday – cookout, fireworks?
Well you know how my training has been going! Question, can you replace some of your easy runs with cycling or the elliptical??? I don’t know if that bothers the PIA.
Megan @ Meg Go Run recently posted…Friday 5! (Fitness!)
It didn’t bother me while I was biking, but afterwards I was feeling a little sore and wondering if I should have biked as hard as I did (as fast as my little bike would go, which isn’t much!!). It was definitely a lower amount of pain though, not as much as running!
Go to Cyclewerks in Whitehouse for repairs or upgrade. Jon and Julie are awesome people who run as well…