Happy Sunday everyone! I am on Team TCS Teachers and training to run the Chicago Marathon on October 13. This will be my 9th marathon and my 6th Chicago Marathon.
Here is how my week went:
Week #5, July 22-28
Monday: Walked 1.17 miles.It was a “quick” walk before finishing packing up and leaving Minnesota. We were out the door by 8:30am.
Tuesday: Walked 1.72 miles. Today’s run was an easy run with some hill strides. However, I didn’t run because I was tired from the day before (I drove the whole way from Minnesota)
Wednesday: Ran 4.69 and walked 1 miles. Today was a 20 minute warmup, 3 sets of 1 x 1km, 2 minutes rest, 1 x 300m, 2 minutes rest and then a 20 minute cool down. I love that I can program these workouts into my watch. Total 4.69 miles @12:46 pace. I did good but my coach told me that since I hadn’t run in 6 days, it would have been beneficial to do an easy run before jumping into a workout. That makes sense.
Thursday: Walked 2.31 miles. 45 minutes of walking while listening to Matty.
Friday: Ran 2.53 and walked .75 miles. The plan was to do my long run of 11 miles. I knew I would be up late today and wouldn’t want to get up early the next day. I woke up tired and no desire to run 11 miles.
Saturday: Walked .70 miles. I decided to rest up and walked instead of running. I walked to T-Mobile to get a new phone. I got the iPhone 15 Pro Max and I love it.
Sunday: Ran 8.77 and walked 1.27 miles. Today was the day to do my long run. I was doing good but stopped close to 9 miles. I felt tired, my legs were sore, and my right foot began to hurt.
TOTAL:
Running: 15.99
Walking: 8.91
Cycling: 0.00
Here’s how training has gone so far:
• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
Hope your foot is ok. It’s smart to stop if you feel pain.
Otherwise a nice active week.
The foot pain is from the orthotics. I bought some new ones (bigger size) and ran in them yesterday. No more pain.
great news