Week #9, January 22-28
M OFF
T Ran 3.76 miles
W Did not run
TH Ran 2.52 miles
F Ran 3.81 miles
S Ran 8.98 miles
S OFF
Tuesday’s run was done early in the morning. The temperature was in the low 30s but it didn’t feel too cold. There was some snow coming down so I was extra careful to as not to fall.
My students were coughing and sneezing early in the week and I ended up with a cold. On Wednesday I was feeling horrible and couldn’t wait to get home. Once home I kept taking medicine with Emergen-C and went to bed early. I missed my quality session workout but did one on Saturday.
I ordered a new headlamp (Black Diamond Storm) from Amazon and received it on Wednesday. I got a chance to use it during Thursday’s run. It is bright and I love it!
I had plans after school on Friday so I did my run in the morning. A 5am wake up call to get this done. I felt great! It was in the high 30s and I did get warm on this run.
I was a bit nervous about my quality session run on Saturday. I had to do a 5 mile warmup, 2 x 10 minute intervals @10:45 pace with 3 minutes recovery then 1 x 5 minute interval @10:02 pace and then a 15 minute cooldown. I was afraid that I wasn’t going to hit the paces. It was sunny and a perfect day for a run. I hit all of my paces! I was so happy (and almost cried) when I saw my stats (10:34; 10:35; 9:47). I’ve never done a 5 mile warmup and was actually kind of bored with it but I simply took my time and enjoyed the warm weather. Oh, and I noticed this at the end of my workout but my run ended at 8.98 miles. If I would have seen this before, I would have kept on running to make it out to an even 9 miles.
Another great week of marathon training. My run on Saturday gave me a MAJOR confidence boost and that was exactly was I needed during this marathon training. I cannot believe that the Illinois Marathon is in 3 months!!
Total mileage for the week: 19.08
Total mileage for this training cycle: 158.36
Total mileage for the year: 79.57
Here’s how training has gone so far:
• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Week 7
• Week 8
How was YOUR week? Have you been doing your runs inside or outside?
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12 responses to “Illinois Marathon Training Recap, Week 9”
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Nice week of training! The weather sure made it nice, didn’t it?
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Yes and I love it! I like that I don’t have to wear so many layers.
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You did have a great week! Congrats on hitting your paces on Saturday – great to get that confidence boost!
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Thanks!
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I’ll bet nailing that quality run was a huge confidence builder. I loved having it warmer this week.
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Yes! It definitely made me feel a bit better about my training and the marathon.
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Congrats on another great week of training! It seems like everyone is sick now, especially children. So sorry that you got a cold 🙁 Hope that you are feeling better now.
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Thank you. Can you believe that I got sick again? I thought I was better but Sunday evening I started sneezing and coughing again. No bueno.
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My runs are a mixture of inside & outside.
5 mile warmup? I’d probably like it. 🙂 It really takes me a couple of miles to warm up anyway. And I love hitting the paces! Great week!
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Thank you! I just thought it was weird because I’ve never had to do one that long. So in a way it was pleasant.
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Great job with your runs this week! That would drive my crazy to end a run at .98 but what counts is that you hit all your paces!!
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Thanks! It drove me crazy when I saw those numbers. But then I realized that regardless I still had a great run! 🙂