Week 17 Marathon Comeback

Today I slept in. Luckily Bryce wanted to go to Fun Club for his 5th birthday, so I made plans to run with my good friend Annie. She is so fast and doing speedwork, so she said I should join her. I decided to try to run the pace from Run Less Run Faster. It is a 1 mile run followed by a 3 mile tempo run at 7:35 pace. It was tough, but I did it! I then finished with a 1 mile cooldown and walked to finish 5.5 miles total. I am starting to feel more optimistic!

Week 16 Marathon Comeback Week

Monday (evening)- Unfortunately I have pinkeye, so I did not run or swim in the morning. Once I found out I made it into St George, it motivated me to try and get a workout in.  I am considering following the Run Less, Run Faster program and the tester workout for a 3:40 goal marathon is 6x800's at a 6:46 mile pace. That is 3:23 for an 800. That is fast!! I decided to try it anyway. Jeff and I went together. ( I am so excited Jeff is joining me!)

I did a warmup and eased into the pace. It was near impossible for me. I pushed through the first one. On the second one, I slowed down to a 7:35 pace and that was more doable, but still hard. I ended up getting off to go to the bathroom and ran into a friend. It was a good excuse to take a break. The sweat was dripping in my eyes and I called it a day, trying not to be discouraged. I still have 6 weeks before the next marathon training starts.

Tuesday- I didn't text Kirsten in time, so I was on my own for this one. I started out slow, did my first mile at 9:40. I felt good, so I kept getting faster. I ran a 9:25 and then an 8:56. For mile 4, I really wanted an 8:23, but I ended up with a 7:52- even going up the hill that always gets me. I slowed down to 8:52 for the last mile. Overall, an 8:58 pace and I felt pretty good. I would call this a tempo run. :-)

Wednesday- 5 miles at normal pace

Thursday- 5 miles at 10:20 pace

Friday- swimming

Saturday- 12 miles at 9:30 pace on the Portland waterfront. It was beautiful!

Week 15 Comeback Marathon

I know I haven't kept up very well with my training, but here is my update. Last week was my last big week before taper. Crazy!!

Monday- 5 miles
Tuesday- 9 miles
Wednesday- 5 miles
Thursday- 5 miles
Friday- Swim
Sunday- 20 miler with a half marathon thrown in there with Stephanie

Just found out today we were chosen for St. George. Crazy!! Jeff is going to run too and I am hoping to be in Boston Qualifying shape. I am going to work as hard as I can. If I happen to get pregnant, great, if not, I will be running a marathon. :-)