The Training Week That Was... 2/18-24

This was the first week I have been following the Intermediate Plan of the Your Ultimate Marathon Training Plan from Runner's World magazine. I picked up on week 3 of the 16-week plan due to the date of the marathon I am planning to participate in.

In the recap below, the workouts dictated by the plan appear in parentheses. While not the case this week (too much) you’ll notice that I will occasionally switch the daily workouts, all the while attempting to adhere to the daily/weekly totals. The total mileage scheduled to run this week was 35-39 miles:

Legend: R = Running, TUT = Total Uphill Time, S = strides

Monday: (-) R 5.1 miles
Tuesday: (Rest) Recovery Day
Wednesday: (3 miles, 5x100 S) R 4 miles
Thursday: (70-minute run, including 5:00–6:00 TUT) R 9.8 miles
Friday: (Rest) Recovery Day
Saturday: (5 miles) R 5.7 miles
Sunday: (12 miles) R 13.6 miles

TOTAL--R 38.2 miles (+17.5 miles from last week)
Weigh-In*: 186.5 lbs. (No Change) [* took place at 5:00 a.m. on 2/25]

Now that Spring (at least by the calendar) is nearly here, and the local racing calendar is beginning to fill out, I am looking at quite a few "Racing Possibilities" for the weeks leading up to the marathon. It is a great recent development to see so many challenging trail courses, especially as the distances are creeping past simply being a 5k.

It is back to school starting today, so my schedule picks up and the time I have available exponentially decreases, but I'm confident that despite once again becoming very busy, I will be able to prove my mettle by sticking with the plan, albeit (likely) under cover of darkness!

Breathe in, breathe out... YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!