This week was 85 miles of running and 4000 yards of swimming -- training log is here.
And this is it. Taper starts now.
And it's just at the right time. I've hit that marathon training zombie mode. No real speed, but I can go between easy and medium-hard forever.
By the end of this week, I was unquestionably tired. There was a substantial differential between when I got out of bed on Friday (early), and when I actually woke up (about halfway through my tempo workout). The last two miles of my tempo actually felt pretty good (being awake helps), and I briefly debated adding another mile, but decided against it - if I was feeling that tired, I really didn't need to be stretching out any workouts.
(the astute reader will note that I swam a bit more than normal on Friday post workout. Why? Especially since I was already tired? The answer is that I was in zombie mode and I completely lost track of time and laps, and basically swam half-asleep until the guards blew the whistle to indicate the end of morning swim. Ooops.)
Slept a ton over the weekend, and cranked out my last long run on Sunday morning, which went fairly well (the windy conditions reminded me of when I raced Shamrock last year, which is actually a pleasant memory).
Of my three 20-22 mile runs, this last one felt the easiest and left me the least sore afterwards - that's a good place to be. The only bummer was a blister I developed under my left foot on Sunday at about mile 11 - apparently my compression socks don't play nice with the Boston Boosts. It's all good - that's why I test stuff out during my long runs, so I don't learn stuff like this during my goal race.
So now I just need to rest and wrap myself in bubble wrap for the next three weeks. Memories of my last training cycle for Philly haunt me a bit, so I'm being VERY careful. I'll probably race a 10K this coming weekend as a final tune-up, but I'll wear my marathon racing shoes for it, just like I did during the Shamrock cycle. I like to do this because it makes marathon pace in my marathon shoes feels a bit easier. And I also feel I'm reducing the risk of injury by doing so.
So much nicer to be here than where I was last year at this time.
Dailies
And this is it. Taper starts now.
And it's just at the right time. I've hit that marathon training zombie mode. No real speed, but I can go between easy and medium-hard forever.
By the end of this week, I was unquestionably tired. There was a substantial differential between when I got out of bed on Friday (early), and when I actually woke up (about halfway through my tempo workout). The last two miles of my tempo actually felt pretty good (being awake helps), and I briefly debated adding another mile, but decided against it - if I was feeling that tired, I really didn't need to be stretching out any workouts.
(the astute reader will note that I swam a bit more than normal on Friday post workout. Why? Especially since I was already tired? The answer is that I was in zombie mode and I completely lost track of time and laps, and basically swam half-asleep until the guards blew the whistle to indicate the end of morning swim. Ooops.)
Slept a ton over the weekend, and cranked out my last long run on Sunday morning, which went fairly well (the windy conditions reminded me of when I raced Shamrock last year, which is actually a pleasant memory).
Of my three 20-22 mile runs, this last one felt the easiest and left me the least sore afterwards - that's a good place to be. The only bummer was a blister I developed under my left foot on Sunday at about mile 11 - apparently my compression socks don't play nice with the Boston Boosts. It's all good - that's why I test stuff out during my long runs, so I don't learn stuff like this during my goal race.
So now I just need to rest and wrap myself in bubble wrap for the next three weeks. Memories of my last training cycle for Philly haunt me a bit, so I'm being VERY careful. I'll probably race a 10K this coming weekend as a final tune-up, but I'll wear my marathon racing shoes for it, just like I did during the Shamrock cycle. I like to do this because it makes marathon pace in my marathon shoes feels a bit easier. And I also feel I'm reducing the risk of injury by doing so.
So much nicer to be here than where I was last year at this time.
Monday: Yoga and upper body strengthwork/injury prevention work in the morning, foam rolling at night.
Tuesday: In the morning, 14 miles, including a track workout of 400,800,1200,1600,1200,800,400 (splits of 1:32, 3:06, 4:34, 6:06, 4:32, 2:57, 1:24), followed by injury prevention work and 1250 yards easy swimming. Foam rolling at night.
Wednesday: In
the morning, 10 miles very easy (8:48) followed by yoga. Later an easy 6 (8:28). Sports massage at night.
Thursday: In the morning, 4.5 miles very easy (8:48) to yoga. After yoga, did another 4 miles (8:20), followed by a few drills+strides, some upper body strengthwork and injury prevention work. Foam rolling at night.
Friday: 12.5 miles, including a 8K tempo in 33:31 (splits were 6:52, 6:47, 6:45, 6:36, 6:31), followed by lower body strengthwork and injury prevention work, and then 2100 yards easy swimming. Foam rolling in the afternoon.
Saturday: 12.5 miles easy (8:18), followed by yin yoga. Injury prevention/upper body strengthwork and foam rolling in afternoon.
Sunday: 21.5 miles averaging 7:27, split as first 1.5 miles at 8:42 pace, next 5 at 7:54, next 6 at 7:27, last 9 at 6:56 (took a ~5 min break about mile 16 to chase down water when the water fountain I was relying on was off). Followed with 650 yards shakeout swimming; foam rolling at night. Skipped yin yoga to watch the second half of the Maclay finals.
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