Training log - week ending 2/16/2025

This week was 58 miles of running and 5 "miles" of pool-running.

Tuesday's workout was an improvement over last week's, with slightly faster splits.  The rest of the week was challenging due to winter weather.  I was on the treadmill on Wednesday and Thursday due to weather.  On Friday I went to the track for 2x3200 in very windy weather.  Due to dry air my breathing was rough - mental note to stay on the treadmill on these days.  The workout wasn't horrible, but it wasn't smooth and easy either.

Sunday I had my choice between possible rain in the morning or dangerously high winds in the afternoon.  Or the treadmill, but I wasn't considering it as an option at the time.

I chose the morning and the rain, and it was probably the wrong choice.  It poured and poured - reminiscent of Boston 2018, just slightly warmer and with a bit less wind.  I stubbornly completed my planned marathon pace workout, with the single concession being an adjustment of 4, 3, 2, and 1 miles at marathon effort to 4, 3, 3.  But by the end I was frozen and couldn't move, and much of the road was standing water.  I now have confirmed that I can complete a race in that weather (and also that my running raincoat isn't as great as I thought).  I hope I won't need to race in that weather.

Dailies:

Monday: 5 "miles" pool-running.  Foam rolling in the evening.

Tuesday: 10 miles, including a track workout of 1600, 4x800, 400 in 7:37, 3:38, 3:34, 3:33, 3:32, and 1:44 with 5:26 recovery after the 1600 and 2:5x-3:1x recovery after each 800.  Followed with leg strengthwork. Foam rolling in evening.

Wednesday: 10 miles very easy (9:28) on Lever-Runner (-5 pounds) plus upperbody weights/core.  Foam rolling in evening.

Thursday: 4 miles (9:28) on treadmill in morning; streaming pilates and foam rolling in evening.

Friday: 9 miles with 2x3200m on the track in 15:00 (7:32/7:28) and 14:58 (7:32/7:27) with 2:48 jog in between.   Foam rolling in evening.

Saturday: 9 miles very easy on trails (10:45) in the morning; upperbody weights/core and foam rolling in the afternoon.

Sunday: 16 miles with 4, 3, 3 miles at marathon effort - average paces of 8:06, 8:11, and 8:25 for the three segments.  Followed with leg strengthwork.  Foam rolling in evening.