After roughly a week-and-a-half of training with the Intermediate Plan of the Your Ultimate Marathon Training Plan, I've decided to adjust my path and switch over to the FIRST Marathon Training Plan, due primarily to the lack of time in my scheduled to train five evenings/mornings a week. The mileage and schedule below reflects my second week of "Ultimate," but my first since returning to work following the President's Week break--an a snowy, cold one, too (as seen in the pic to the right).In the recap below, the workouts dictated by the plan appear in parentheses. The total mileage I had been scheduled to run this week was 35-39 miles, a goal I missed out on hitting by almost ten miles:
Legend: R = Running, TUT = Total Uphill Time, S = stridesAs you can see above, once the school week began, and my regular life schedule kicked in, my ability to stay with the plan diminsihed to the point that I had a series of three days in the middle of the week during which I did no running at all. That's really not acceptable, but as I cannot quit my job and I will not leave my family and kids to train for what is (let's be honest) a recreational (albeit a serious one) activity.
Monday: (Rest) R 5.1 miles
Tuesday: (2 miles GP, 4x1mile T, 2 miles GP) R 7.7 miles
Wednesday: (3 miles, 5x100 S) R 0 miles
Thursday: (70-minute run, including 5:00–6:00 TUT) R 0 miles
Friday: (Rest) Recovery Day
Saturday: (5 miles) R 6 miles
Sunday: (14 miles) R 14.3 miles
TOTAL--R 28 miles (-10.2 miles from last week)
Weigh-In*: 188.5 lbs. (+2 lbs. from previous week) [* took place at 5:00 a.m. on 3/3]
Another quick note is in my weight: though I finished strong with two very good runs and made a conscious effort to watch what I ate, I ended up gaining two pounds! As long as I continue to feel great following my runs, and the additional pounds do not lead to ache on my joints, I won't allow it to brig me down as I forge ahead...
Breathe in, breathe out... YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!
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